Originally Posted by
Champlain Islander
I understand where Muley is coming from especially on the bolded part. I have hunted whitetails for the past 46 years mostly in the northeast. In the past 15 years I have ventured out and done some hunting in the mid west, Canada and for the past 4 years out west. Times have changed for the deer hunter and all the TV productions glorifying horn porn plays a part. I remember stealthycat making a post a few years ago saying practically what Muley said about how hunting is changing and the old times were better. I don't agree with changing this forum away from whitetail. If there was enough interest then the owners could create a separate mule deer forum. The real important part of his post is in bold and should be discussed further.
I completely agree as well, with both you and Muley on that. I said earlier that I don't own a trail cam and I don't plan on it. I hunt by scouting and tracking myself, trying to find their trails and their habits. For instance I plan on hunting some public lands this weekend (saturday and sunday) and friday before I go I am going to go and scout it out, see if I can't find any tracks or droppings or any sort of signs.
All in all, I don't think anyone here has anything against mule deer hunting or you, Muley, but next time don't come out and offend those you seek advice from, or whatever it was you wanted. I myself would love to go out west and hunt Mule deer, simply because I love hunting, no matter the animal I just love being out in the woods with a buddy or alone and feeling the adrenaline from fair chase.