First year going for mule deer. Best options?

scottw · Nov 5, 2019

Hey guys,

Not looking to go out in 2020 and tag a buck of a lifetime. Just wanting to get in the game somewhere. I've been hunting whitetail for 20 years, and I guess I just have the itch now.

Is there a state/season you would recommend for a guy to get his feet wet?

Thanks in advance.

3x2 · Nov 5, 2019

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tinehunter · Nov 5, 2019

I hear Utah has lots of deer and good place to get your feet wet. Lots of really good fellows out there.

scottw · Nov 5, 2019

>I hear Utah has lots of
>deer and good place to
>get your feet wet. Lots
>of really good fellows out
>there.

I have a weird feeling you are being sarcastic lol

Trix4me · Nov 5, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Nov-05-19 AT 10:37PM (MST)[p]tinehunter where are you from?

just curious ?

scottw · Nov 5, 2019

>LAST EDITED ON Nov-05-19
>AT 10:37?PM (MST)
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>tinehunter where are you from?
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>just curious ?

Arkansas....

tinehunter · Nov 6, 2019

LOL, yea, sorry,

tinehunter · Nov 6, 2019

Must have been my accent that gave me away

tinehunter · Nov 6, 2019

LAST EDITED ON Nov-06-19 AT 08:42AM (MST)[p]Get out & kick around some rocks, you'll find the deer. Good luck. Now I gotta go hunt some gaters

sagebrush · Nov 6, 2019

Pretty much anywhere in the intermountain west will give you a chance at a mule deer. There are several hunts in CO that you can draw with zero points. NM and Idaho don't have point systems, its a totally random draw. You can buy over the counter archery tags in AZ good for all but 5 units in the state. Lots of choices. Pick one and research the heck out of it.

Get yourself copies of these books to accelerate the process.

https://www.abebooks.com/book-searc...ays-trophies/author/jim-norman-tom-carpenter/

https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Big-Mule-Deer-Take-ebook/dp/B014TCOX0C