On another post everyone kind of got off subject and this question came up so I am posting this to start a new discussion. IN YOUR OPPINION What is the Hardest North American animal to take with a bow and arrow?????
I saw Chuck Adams up at Cabelas one day at a book signing and I asked him about which animal was the toughest one to take with a bow for the Super Slam. I was expecting him to say Stone Sheep or coues deer or something like that and he said without question a trophy Mule Deer. I asked him why and he said there is no advantage to hunting a big muley with a bow. Sometimes they can be hunted in the rut which helps but because of the terrain many of them live this can still be a major challenge. Coues deer can be hunted over water quite successfully, he said he killed 3 of the 4 sheep species on the first day of the hunt and said they get little hunting pressure and are quite easy to shoot with a bow. Elk and whitetail can be called in frequently. Also whitetails can be patterned in treestands easier than a big mule deer.
There are some exceptions to this like farmland Muleys that act more like a whitetail but I think he was mostly referring to a high elevation public land mule deer.
I have personally taken 7 different Big Game species with a bow (so far) and I plan on taking as many of the 28 species as possible. I am going for coues deer in Mexico in January and I just want to hear some other opinions on Tough animals to kill with a bow.
So lets hear it...Which animal is tough to put an arrow through??????
Jason Yates
Basin Archery Shop
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I saw Chuck Adams up at Cabelas one day at a book signing and I asked him about which animal was the toughest one to take with a bow for the Super Slam. I was expecting him to say Stone Sheep or coues deer or something like that and he said without question a trophy Mule Deer. I asked him why and he said there is no advantage to hunting a big muley with a bow. Sometimes they can be hunted in the rut which helps but because of the terrain many of them live this can still be a major challenge. Coues deer can be hunted over water quite successfully, he said he killed 3 of the 4 sheep species on the first day of the hunt and said they get little hunting pressure and are quite easy to shoot with a bow. Elk and whitetail can be called in frequently. Also whitetails can be patterned in treestands easier than a big mule deer.
There are some exceptions to this like farmland Muleys that act more like a whitetail but I think he was mostly referring to a high elevation public land mule deer.
I have personally taken 7 different Big Game species with a bow (so far) and I plan on taking as many of the 28 species as possible. I am going for coues deer in Mexico in January and I just want to hear some other opinions on Tough animals to kill with a bow.
So lets hear it...Which animal is tough to put an arrow through??????
Jason Yates
Basin Archery Shop
http://www.basinarcheryshop.com
5% OFF to all MonsterMuleys.com Members!!!
Discount code = monstermuleys
