WT vs BT vs Mulies - which is easier to hunt?

[2labs]

Blacktail the hardest, just because where they live. Mulies the easiest because when spooked they have a bad habit of doing the hippity hop for a couple hundred yards then turning broadside to see what spooked them.

[JimmyHoffa]

Blacktail the hardest, just because where they live. Mulies the easiest because when spooked they have a bad habit of doing the hippity hop for a couple hundred yards then turning broadside to what spooked them.

A couple guys I used to go with called it: Hop, Stop and Drop.  The muley would start hopping up hill until at least a hundred yards above them, then it would stop to turn and stare at them; that's when they'd drop it.

[grundy53]

They each have there difficulties. I would say the easiest would be mulies. However then you factor in their lower population numbers, high hunting pressure and the inability to hunt them during the rut makes it difficult to kill a good buck. Second would be whitetails mainly because the rut makes them so vulnerable and they are easier to pattern. A good blacktail is the hardest mainly because of their habitat and it's tough to pattern them. As far as wariness I would give that to a whitetail hands down. My dad and I call them paranoid schizophrenics. They will jump out of their skin if a leaf falls. . If you take the rut out of the equation I would say a good whitetail buck is the toughest to kill.

[JeffRaines]

They each have there difficulties. I would say the easiest would be mulies. However then you factor in their lower population numbers, high hunting pressure and the inability to hunt them during the rut makes it difficult to kill a good buck. Second would be whitetails mainly because the rut makes them so vulnerable and they are easier to pattern. A good blacktail is the hardest mainly because of their habitat and it's tough to pattern them. As far as wariness I would give that to a whitetail hands down. My dad and I call them paranoid schizophrenics. They will jump out of their skin if a leaf falls. . If you take the rut out of the equation I would say a good whitetail buck is the toughest to kill.

With this being my first year hunting them, I'm not so much concerned with a trophy as much as I am with something that's legal. The trophies will come with time.

[grundy53]

Yeah. I was just generalizing. Your specific situation I would probably go for mulies for a long weekend then come home and focus on blacktail for the rest of the season.

[bobcat]

It might be easier to get a blacktail just because there is no 3 point minimum.

[grundy53]

It might be easier to get a blacktail just because there is no 3 point minimum.

I was actually thinking about that. I think you're right. Imagine if blacktail went three point or better. I bet the success rate would drop 80-90%.

[JeffRaines]

It might be easier to get a blacktail just because there is no 3 point minimum.

I was actually thinking about that. I think you're right. Imagine if blacktail went three point or better. I bet the success rate would drop 80-90%.

I'm thinking I'm going to chase mulies as I've taken the time off, then if I get nothing I'll go after BT

[2labs]

Jeff, good choice. Grew up hunting blackies. It's always fun too go camping and chase a Muley. I've always had luck in the head high sage next to crops( winter wheat)
I posted earlier that blackies are tough, but once you learn them, not so much!
Quite hunting blacktail because of taste. A grain fed mulie or whitetail is the bomb.

[Smoke]

grew up hunting east coast... moved here in the mid 80's...  over all I'd say whitetails are the hardest to kill... smart damn deer, and the slightest mistake their gone.... after that... blacktails... compared to whities they are stupid... actually have had them stand there and watch me walk within range to drop em... but with where they live... they are damn hard to find...  mulies are mostly spot and stalk... with the open country they live in finding them is time consuming but not that hard... the hard part is new boots every year cause ya wear em out with all the walking ya have to do...

[hrd2fnd]

Hunt both mule deer and blacktails. For mulies you only get 9 days. So hunt that season and then hunt blacktails until October 31st, and again in November during the 4 day late season.