I've applied for and will almost certainly get my high country Colorado mule deer tag for this fall - rifle. This will be an early September hunt, wilderness, 7 miles from a road, probably 11,000 feet and above. Glassing is NOT my forte but I did buy a really nice Leupold spotting scope just for this. I may or may not have llamas for this trip - likely I'll just backpack in, hunt and out. My rifle is a .270 Browning Abolt with a 3x9 scope.

Not my first time in the Colorado mtns by any means, I've got aboute 10 years of elk hunting under my belt. But big mule deer ? A bit different game I think. I'll be hunting in the Maroon Bells wilderness area.

Any tips guys ? I've waited for a decade to go on this hunt - I'll be in shape and I have the camping stuff all lined out. My goal is a 180" buck or better