“Tag: Mule Deer”

Mule deer and whitetails share a way with words. If you need to persuade a mule deer to show itself in timber or pry it from a desert crevice, consider deer calls.

You may not have the cash to hunt with the high-end gear of the rich and famous, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice quality, especially in the optics department.

Bowhunters tackling the challenge of open-country mule deer hunting face a daunting task: find a buck in millions of acres of cover. Open country is big with unlimited mule deer hideouts, but in the early season you only have to focus on the shady locations for success. Hunt shade instead of deer.

Hunting for mule deer this year? Here's what you'll need.

Contributor Brad Fenson takes a closer look at a bevy of new optics from Leupold.

In the northwest corner of the Centennial State, the deer of the West migrates from the high country to winter on lower ground. Every day new critters enter the mix. Sometimes, success is measured by merely being in the right place at the right time.

Shooting a buck at the beginning of a hunt can be as good—or bad—as shooting one at the end.

Most folks don’t consider themselves to be trophy hunters. But that doesn’t mean we all can’t hope to conjure a little magic once in a while.

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