My WY mule deer

Haven't gone to the foothills yet. We will wait until about the 13th, take the tent and gear, get setup, then, check our hunting avenues out for the 15th. I have high hopes that my wife gets her 'antlerless' there pretty quickly. If not? we have friends that guided for years who are willing to help us out. The really big ones here in the flatland went nocturnal almost immediately when bow season started. We do have an idea where they are hanging. As to that monster I saw last week? Not going anywhere near him until we are ready to shoot. Hoping against hope that no one else figures it out and gets him before we can.

Finding them: We scour the ravines that face south and east; looking on the hill sides and lime stone outcrops using binoculars during season and check the same or similar spots pre-season(mid October here) for active day beds or just day beds. Comes November 1st those places are busy with deer.
 


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NICE Muley
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I always say " One good buck mule deer in hand is worth 5 Whitetail in the bush"
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DAB
 
Thanks! They taste a lot better, too! I was suprised I had heard otherwise. I used to cook bow shot whitetail, wife would say ewwe, I'm not eating that! He sent a little elk and antelope home with me, I can't hardly tell one from the other, it all tastes good to me. I sure am thinking to try again next yr. I wonder if eating dry grass makes for better taste? Everything is green here.
 
I've cooked muley and whitetail at the same time using the same recipe,and noone could tell the difference.Antelope was different.Not bad,just different.My family has a little game we play on people who don't like venison.We cook beef and tell them it's venison.If they say that they don't like venison,they all swear the beef has a wild gamey taste.100 percent so far.I say it's all in your head.If you cook it right,it's going to taste good.I cooked some deer burgers in the same pan,muley and whitetail.I mixed them up to the point that I had no idea which was which.Couldn't tell.
 
My friend got drawn for a good area mule deer, had to hunt only 2 days. He was going to take time and find a huge one, but his back fusion operation in Nov will take a week away from vacation time. He shot a large 3x3 yesterday, decided to take the easy one instead of risking not seeing a bigger one.
 
TAC, we are zero for two days so far at the base of the mountains. To warm, LOTS of hunters - until today. Going to the top tomorrow with a friend who's blood is 50% elk, 50% coyote. MAYBE my wife will fill her 'antlerless elk' tag then.

To bad your buddy couldn't get what he wanted.

Saw a very large forky this morning(base of the mountains) but our routes were never going to merge. Would have taken him if it had.
 
Hope you can keep up with him, then!lol JW is 5" taller than me, hard to match the leg stride, and the lung capasity! Good luck! There is a big one up there waiting for you!
 
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