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If you could Mule deer hunt anywhere...?

Old 06-23-2012, 12:25 PM
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Where would it be?

Assume you have 6 pts in every state.

Open to buying a landowner tag.

Even open to a guided hunt.


Bow or Rifle is an option.

The goal is a trophy mulie, 4x4 170"+, but of course bigger the better.

My short list of states, or long list,
would be, NM, CO, WY, MT, ID, NV,

I don't think 6pts in AZ would do much for getting a strip or kaibab tag, and not sure I want to hunt that badly in this type of area yet, ie...low density of deer.

UT is a big maybe, but would prefer one of the other states.


buying a landowner tag while continuing to build pts in CO sounds like perhaps the best option, but I'm open to other ideas and not too knowledgeable on mulies in the west, so certainly open to any incite.

I may be able to gain private land access in southeast MT near Ekalaka, MT and hunt mulies for free, but it sounds like 160" 4x4 might be expecting a lot at this locale.

Thanks in advance.

Update:
Eastern CO sounds interesting.
Any suggestions for gaining private land access here without an outfitter? outfitter suggestions?
Part of me would want the classic mountainous mule deer hunt, but part of me thinks a big mulie is a big mulie, also the flat land sounds more low altitude hunter friendly.
Is there any public land out east?

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Old 06-23-2012, 04:05 PM
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KITTITAS COUNTY, Washington State!! the biguns are here just gotta find them 3point minimun on one side here.... but then again I'm a meat hunter, so I ain't lookin fer no big rack.....that's secondary, fillin the freezer is primary!!!!!
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Old 06-24-2012, 02:22 PM
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wow this thread is burnin up! haha.
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Old 07-01-2012, 02:57 PM
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I had a great time in Colorado unit 70 3rd rifle last year. It's the start of the rut. No monsters, but four of as all took 150"-175" bucks. Not too difficult physically. We stayed mostly between Basin and Lone Cone. Took us five points to draw.
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Old 07-01-2012, 06:27 PM
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Anderson County in Tennessee, Me and my husband always hunt in different states and county, if you are looking for more, you can take a look at myhuntinglands.com/maps for more hunting maps
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Old 07-01-2012, 07:12 PM
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Still Colorado.
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Old 07-01-2012, 08:39 PM
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The only thing I want to add is that the biggest mule deer I have every seen in my 30 years of hunting were in eastern Colorado. A couple of different spots I have seen huge mule deer, but near Kiowa I saw one that had to have a least a 36" spread.
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Old 07-01-2012, 08:58 PM
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6pts can get you into some prime areas of WY...
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Old 07-01-2012, 09:07 PM
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No doubt, central Montana. Lots of mulies and lots of areas to hunt.
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Old 07-02-2012, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by emilyblack06
Anderson County in Tennessee, Me and my husband always hunt in different states and county, if you are looking for more, you can take a look at myhuntinglands.com/maps for more hunting maps
He doesn't want a Whitetail.... Although I like hunting TN whitetails more than anything lol. Huge bucks are kind of hard to find for us in TN anyway. We do have them, they are just a bit less common than in some of the trophy states like KS, IA, MO, KY, IL, etc.
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