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I understand your question but want to spin it a different way for something to think about. If I were in your position, I wouldn't be looking for easiest but instead I would be looking for a style of hunt I enjoy and the terrain in which I hunt. For me, I enjoy mulie hunting the best for a few reasons, including that I like glassing and hiking versus sitting in a stand for whitetails. I also enjoy the high open mountains or rolling hills for mulies instead of the cat hair thick rain forests that blacktails seem to call home. Once you figure out what style and location you enjoy, focus on that and the hunting will become easier because you will gain knowledge and experience.
This could get intersting real quick!Here is how I take your post......right or wrong:WT vs BT vs Mulies: Which do I have the best chance of getting a shot on my first year.My , either a BT doe or Muley doe. Being on this side you should be able to find some area to hunt and would have good odds if you have a unit that is any deer. For eastside muleys....if you are looking to simply notch a tag and make some meat, muley doe is your go to.Looking forward to the argument debate that you have (will have) stirred up.Best of luck this year and hope you notch a few tags.
Quote from: vandeman17 on July 20, 2015, 03:56:59 PMI understand your question but want to spin it a different way for something to think about. If I were in your position, I wouldn't be looking for easiest but instead I would be looking for a style of hunt I enjoy and the terrain in which I hunt. For me, I enjoy mulie hunting the best for a few reasons, including that I like glassing and hiking versus sitting in a stand for whitetails. I also enjoy the high open mountains or rolling hills for mulies instead of the cat hair thick rain forests that blacktails seem to call home. Once you figure out what style and location you enjoy, focus on that and the hunting will become easier because you will gain knowledge and experience. This is a double edge sword, in that I do quite enjoy hiking. I think the eastern slope of the cascades is a gorgeous area. However, it would be a bit far for me to travel during the season. While I could make a weekend or two of it, and hit the areas on my days off as far as scouting goes, that would be the extent. I wouldn't be able to go before work during the week(I work 230-11 most days).Quote from: h20hunter on July 20, 2015, 04:01:51 PMThis could get intersting real quick!Here is how I take your post......right or wrong:WT vs BT vs Mulies: Which do I have the best chance of getting a shot on my first year.My , either a BT doe or Muley doe. Being on this side you should be able to find some area to hunt and would have good odds if you have a unit that is any deer. For eastside muleys....if you are looking to simply notch a tag and make some meat, muley doe is your go to.Looking forward to the argument debate that you have (will have) stirred up.Best of luck this year and hope you notch a few tags.I should've mentioned that I would be hunting modern firearm. There are no any deer GMUs for mule deer during MF.I do hope that doesn't turn into any arguments. I actually would like to hear from people and their experiences and whatnot. You'll be amazed at what you can learn by just simply listening to stories!Thanks.
Quote from: JeffRaines on July 20, 2015, 04:38:48 PMQuote from: vandeman17 on July 20, 2015, 03:56:59 PMI understand your question but want to spin it a different way for something to think about. If I were in your position, I wouldn't be looking for easiest but instead I would be looking for a style of hunt I enjoy and the terrain in which I hunt. For me, I enjoy mulie hunting the best for a few reasons, including that I like glassing and hiking versus sitting in a stand for whitetails. I also enjoy the high open mountains or rolling hills for mulies instead of the cat hair thick rain forests that blacktails seem to call home. Once you figure out what style and location you enjoy, focus on that and the hunting will become easier because you will gain knowledge and experience. This is a double edge sword, in that I do quite enjoy hiking. I think the eastern slope of the cascades is a gorgeous area. However, it would be a bit far for me to travel during the season. While I could make a weekend or two of it, and hit the areas on my days off as far as scouting goes, that would be the extent. I wouldn't be able to go before work during the week(I work 230-11 most days).Quote from: h20hunter on July 20, 2015, 04:01:51 PMThis could get intersting real quick!Here is how I take your post......right or wrong:WT vs BT vs Mulies: Which do I have the best chance of getting a shot on my first year.My , either a BT doe or Muley doe. Being on this side you should be able to find some area to hunt and would have good odds if you have a unit that is any deer. For eastside muleys....if you are looking to simply notch a tag and make some meat, muley doe is your go to.Looking forward to the argument debate that you have (will have) stirred up.Best of luck this year and hope you notch a few tags.I should've mentioned that I would be hunting modern firearm. There are no any deer GMUs for mule deer during MF.I do hope that doesn't turn into any arguments. I actually would like to hear from people and their experiences and whatnot. You'll be amazed at what you can learn by just simply listening to stories!Thanks.If travel time and finding time to hunt is a stretch then my advice is to hunt BT close to home and just become proficient at that. Many skills you learn will translate into hunting the other species as well. Good luck
If you aren't real fussy and would be willing to shoot a young buck all three are pretty easy.
For me blacktails are easier to hunt, they hang out in my front yard..
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. That's what I would do, except for this year I bought a Weyerhaeuser permit so I'll spend all my time hunting blacktails.