While muzzleloader hunting in the Connell area in 2003 I came across a spike buck that had a whitetail face, muley ears and an odd looking tail. I grew up hunting whitetails in Idaho and he definitely looked different.
In Montana in 1997 I shot a whitetail buck that was bedded with 7 muledeer does. I know what he had on his mind. It was in the middle of the rut.