Smartest deer?

[Big10gauge]

You guys need to define how you hunt them, whitetails are fairly easy to ambush from a stand, or rattle in. Harder to stalk in the woods. Also whether rifle or bow.

[EastWaViking]

You guys need to define how you hunt them, whitetails are fairly easy to ambush from a stand, or rattle in. Harder to stalk in the woods. Also whether rifle or bow.

I'm basically meaning if you took a mule deer a white tail and a black tail and stuck them in the same wood lot, under the same conditions, not during the rut, and still hunted them, bow or rifle.

[Big10gauge]

You guys need to define how you hunt them, whitetails are fairly easy to ambush from a stand, or rattle in. Harder to stalk in the woods. Also whether rifle or bow.

I'm basically meaning if you took a mule deer a white tail and a black tail and stuck them in the same wood lot, under the same conditions, not during the rut, and still hunted them, bow or rifle.

I'll go with the Whitetail, But only shot 1 Blacktail with my bow.

[NWBREW]

You guys need to define how you hunt them, whitetails are fairly easy to ambush from a stand, or rattle in. Harder to stalk in the woods. Also whether rifle or bow.

I'm basically meaning if you took a mule deer a white tail and a black tail and stuck them in the same wood lot, under the same conditions, not during the rut, and still hunted them, bow or rifle.

I don't see how you could do that. They are different kinds of deer and you hunt them differently..or at least I do. Rifle or bow doesn't matter either. I hunt with a rifle now but the last 4 bucks I've killed were all within 40 yards. 1- 5x5 and 3- 4x4's. As for the smartest deer...doesn't matter, no one kills the smartest ones.  

[Axle]

Blacktails taste better

[NWBREW]

Blacktails taste better

I've heard once you go blacktail you never go back.......just what I've heard. 

[EastWaViking]

I don't see how you could do that. They are different kinds of deer and you hunt them differently..or at least I do. Rifle or bow doesn't matter either. I hunt with a rifle now but the last 4 bucks I've killed were all within 40 yards. 1- 5x5 and 3- 4x4's. As for the smartest deer...doesn't matter, no one kills the smartest ones.  

Well, probably not the best thread I've ever started, I just was figuring it'd be a good debate.

[Big10gauge]

Yep, stirring the pot is always fun

[NWBREW]

I don't see how you could do that. They are different kinds of deer and you hunt them differently..or at least I do. Rifle or bow doesn't matter either. I hunt with a rifle now but the last 4 bucks I've killed were all within 40 yards. 1- 5x5 and 3- 4x4's. As for the smartest deer...doesn't matter, no one kills the smartest ones.  

Well, probably not the best thread I've ever started, I just was figuring it'd be a good debate.

Hey....I liked it. Like I said....I only kill the dumb ones so my opinion shouldn't count.

[alecvg]

I love hunting muleys, much more than blacktails, to be fair, mule deer are by far my favorite animal, and favorite to hunt, and to see.  I spend alot more time hunting mule deer, I only hunt blacktails, because they are local to where I live.  I personally think mature blacktails are the hardest.  But I also think mature mule deer are hard, just not quite the same.  I have never hunted whitetails so I don't know about them, I don't really have a great desire to ever hunt them either.  But blacktails are the hardest, they seem to know when people are hunting them, once season starts, they are gone, and they will live in the thickest crap they can find.  Just my  

[NWBREW]

Maybe this thread should be what is the hardest deer to hunt.  ....In north america that is.   

[walleye1]

last i checked mule deer is the hardest n american animal to put in the book   

[EastWaViking]

last i checked mule deer is the hardest n american animal to put in the book   

...but the easiest to stalk.   

[Track-er]

WHITETAIL 2006
MULE DEER 2004
BLACKTAIL 2009

[EastWaViking]

Maybe this thread should be what is the hardest deer to hunt.  ....In north america that is.   

Hardest deer to hunt would be a big blacktail, no question.  Just because there are not that many of them and, like people have already said, they live in the thick nasty stuff.  

(WT are still smarter)