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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2012, 01:12:58 PM »
Patience.   
Wind
slow
never sit and stare at them
avoid going right at them
patience

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #31 on: July 01, 2012, 08:00:07 AM »
Bone is right.  Patience is the biggest thing.  You'll see a 25-1 ratio of deer that you see versus those you can actually kill at that point in time.  A windy day is your friend.  If one little thing is not right about the stalk and potential shot, then wait until the situation changes or find another animal.  A bedded deer is ten times harder to kill than one feeding along into your ambush.
Bring a GPS!  It's awkward to have to eat your buddies!

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #32 on: July 01, 2012, 10:26:31 AM »
Two things that go through my mind when I am on a stalk.....

ONE, these animals have no "schedule"  all they have to do is eat and drink and survive.   No soccer games to get to, no meetings, no work, etc.   No spouse nagging them.....

TWO, which plays into ONE,   these animals have to deal with the likes of Cougars stalking them among MANY other things.  Think your senses are keen?  What do you think theirs are like?


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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2012, 05:23:59 PM »
1 thing you might try for early archery Muley does is a fawn bal distress call. Just a hand call like your calllin coyotes. Works best when you spot them several hundred yards away first. I've had them practically run me over they come in so hard!

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2012, 05:28:49 PM »
Oh yeah, one more thing,,, enjoy the rattlers;)

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2012, 09:02:49 PM »
1 thing you might try for early archery Muley does is a fawn bal distress call. Just a hand call like your calllin coyotes. Works best when you spot them several hundred yards away first. I've had them practically run me over they come in so hard!

I had this on the plan list.  I've seen the blacktails react and seen videos of mulies reaction.

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #36 on: July 05, 2012, 07:32:35 AM »
The cow call works on black tail.  I want to try the fawn on some mullies.

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #37 on: July 05, 2012, 08:47:52 AM »
I have always liked a wind storm, the kind where there is a steady wind followed by a big gust.  They are more "jumpy" but they can't take off at any little sound.

I always like a little rain.

I always like a little fog that lifts and drops, lifts and drops.

I always like a planes going over.

I always like a brutal cold day where the sun comes out on the south slope.

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Re: Mule deer with a bow. Tips requested
« Reply #38 on: July 08, 2012, 04:06:50 PM »
I called in a mulie doe this morning while calling coyotes.  She was about 20 yards away.  It happens all the time. 
"I'd rather have a slow hit than a fast miss"

 


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