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You always have to worry about one of these guys getting one of the bucks you are after.

Not my pic... a friend of mine and a guy I don't know... these are different bucks over 100 miles apart.. one of them is definitely public land (my friends) not sure on the other... Sorry I don't have higher quality pics.

Sheds from the Rez. These went 217 (I can't remember if that was gross/net and/or with/without spread credit). I got a chance to hold these and I will say these pics don't do them justice... giant.... and found in a big woods area of the Rez away from agriculture.

A buck taken on the Reservation... scored 210 (can't remember if that was gross or net). There is some agriculture on the Rez but a lot of the Rez is similar terrain to what you would find on the Public Lands surrounding it.

These are public land whitetail from a local outfitter (different than the one above) that operates in some of the areas I hunt.

Sheds of a WA buck owned by a reputable WA outfitter. I am not sure if these were public/private but I do know there is public state land in and around his guide area (never hunted his area of the county personally).

:D Just to keep the fun going I figured I would post another public land WA buck. This is a buck a friend of mine was hunting until he was poached (a couple years later on the decline). I love that 7X typical left side.

Thanks.. I always talk Gross Nontypical unless I specify otherwise. I mentioned it earlier but I should add again that 160+ is what I can expect in WA with the absolute top end generally being right around 200 gross in the big woods/mountains away from agriculture. That 180-200 gross range is...

From what you are telling me here I think your original idea of moving to CO is spot on. Great spot and stalk hunting on the plains and not too far away over in NE and KS. A good economy if work is needed and world class Mule Deer/Elk. Of course the summers are also great..lots of days of sunshine.

:D I didn't think it was a bad plan... hey.. I'm not selling them Ocean Front property in AZ. The west is great. I am going to miss the heck out of it.

If you aren't tied down to an area and you have job flexibility that entire region of WA/OR/ID/MT/WY is great. I'm a fan of the foot hills of CO too. It really all depends on what your are looking for... either way.. you will love it out west. It's all about what type of experience you want to...

That's impressive... From what I hear most MI hunters are not seeing deer like this.

Awesome... is that a mock licking branch that you created and they started using or a natural one that you put a camera over?

Yeah... you will only get that cool of a night at higher altitude... But I would say 60's at night in the area I am from.... Very low humidity in the summer which makes it nice.. and the cold even in November doesn't feel quite as cold as I have experienced back east where there is more moisture...

I am completely guessing on this one because he was never killed (by a hunter at least) so his teeth were never sent in.... I think this is 5 to 6

6 to 7

5-6-7... edit.. just went back and looked at his age... 6-7-8

That is a crazy amount of growth but I would agree that from everything you describe and the appearances it looks to be the same deer.

I would classify the area as fairly dry though it does get anywhere from 20-30 inches of rain and 48-60 inches of snowfall (not always accumulations because there are often melts). You can almost always tell how the fire season is going to be based off of the snowfall and how long it sticks...

Last picture I got of this buck before he was killed about two weeks later and approximately three miles from his core area.