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Many years ago while living in Reno Nevada, a friend and myself went up a couple months before deer season to Elko to talk to two different land owners and get permission to hunt and cross their private land. After a couple bottles of whiskey changed hands we got the permission's provided that when we came back to hunt we stopped at the two houses and let them know we were there, and how long we would be staying, and to find out what gates to keep closed, and what ones to keep open. Stopped at the first house and everything went as planned. Stopped at the second house and that's when the surprise came. While talking to the owner in her living room along comes this 5x5 mule deer walking down her hall, and climbing up on the sofa and laying down just like it was the family dog. This thing had to be at least a 26" spread. She told us that it had been their pet ever since they found it out in the field many years ago, and that during deer season they brought it into the house to keep it safe.
My aunt down in adel Oregon did the same thing to a mule deer buck, it would even hang around on the porch all year, disappear around modern season and then come back by the end. Made it 4 years! Someone dropped him just off the property.
Mule deer at our cabin on the snake checking out opening day buck.
Hey that's a great idea...I'll put up a tree stand and wait for a buck to walk under it and throw an orange vest on him so he will be easier to find come fall
Hope he makes it!