Actually I had the velvet stripped. I have a nice typical velvet muley on the wall and I wanted to enter him in the all time Pope and Young book. He will look awesome when they stain him with dark antlers to look like he would have.
@mountainman6 everytime we shoot an animal we come real close to mortally wounding it and losing it... it called chance and you cant take it out of the equation(we are all human even with hundred yard chip shot with a rifle I have seen my friends lose animals. I have shot thousands of arrows at long distance 80+ yards the last few summers in an attempt to make the shorter shots(50 yards out west isnt that far) more routine. He was qtred to and I couldnt tell but still made a good shot under alot of pressure. Not to mention I would have found him on my own on my next circle so... In my opinion I am not overconfident and I have the upmost respect for the animals I hunt and until you come shoot with me you will just be someone voicing an unfounded opinion. Top 5%? I could be there...and that is why i confidently took those shots that were within my abilty...

SoILLHunter, I agree, very impressive, but I believe he practices that far. With todays bow technology, its easy. ive watched people do it before. Definitely not an ethical shot on a live animal, but its a good to practice that far

"I am not overconfident...Top 5%? I could be there." Ha ha I voted your comment up because it was well-said and I like it. That quote was just too easy, though. I hope you could tell by the extremely diplomatic tone I tried to convey in my original comment that I wasn't second-guessing you. IF you're that good, then you're that good, end of story. You struggled with some 49-yard shots, we've all blown closer. And hell, if I had seen that thing, I would've flung every arrow I had at it, thrown rocks, starting making traps, anything, it's freaking HUGE! I just don't want every weekend warrior with a bow kit from Wal-Mart seeing this and flinging arrows at big game from 49 yards and thinking they can do it out to 100. Again, not trying to take a thing away from you here, I hate negative commenters, but like you said we need to have a respect for the animals and make sure that others do too. It seems like you do, so that makes you one of the good ones, and I appreciate the conversation.

Great story! COngratulations on a great trophy and good luck with your recovery and success the rest of the skiing season!

"I am not overconfident...Top 5%? I could be there." Ha ha I voted your comment up because it was well-said and I like it. That quote was just too easy, though. I hope you could tell by the extremely diplomatic tone I tried to convey in my original comment that I wasn't second-guessing you. IF you're that good, then you're that good, end of story. You struggled with some 49-yard shots, we've all blown closer. And hell, if I had seen that thing, I would've flung every arrow I had at it, thrown rocks, starting making traps, anything, it's freaking HUGE! I just don't want every weekend warrior with a bow kit from Wal-Mart seeing this and flinging arrows at big game from 49 yards and thinking they can do it out to 100. Again, not trying to take a thing away from you here, I hate negative commenters, but like you said we need to have a respect for the animals and make sure that others do too. It seems like you do, so that makes you one of the good ones, and I appreciate the conversation.

Very nice animal, congrats!!!

Hey Drew, great Muley!! Kelly told me about your deer and this article. Congrats! Hopefully I can make it to Colorado this year and see it in person!