Mule Deer

I had been home from the Idaho hunt a week and watching the weather closely in preparation for my upcoming Utah hunt. The high pressure ridge that had dogged...

The next morning, I was in the big saddle by first light and again sat until close to noon without spotting the big buck.  My phone said there was...

I'd been glassing since first light with my SLC 15x56 binoculars backed up by my 25-50x80mm ATS spotter, both Swarovskis. This is a lot of glass to pack, but...

I've been an outfitter for about 15 years.  We operate almost exclusively on private land in an OTC unit.  Our bread 'n' butter is elk hunting but because we...

I hit town late the night of the 13th.  I had elk hunters arriving the next day who'd need some help learning the country they'd be hunting the next...

The OTC units in much of Idaho open October 10th.  I was up and gone before the sun on the morning of the ninth.Some recent storms had dumped more...

My plan was to head for the giant buck's locale the next few days but when you're job entails leading 25 employees, there's always some drama.  Sure enough, I...

It had been 10 days since I found the giant Idaho buck.  Due the terrain he lived in, I knew killing him with a bow meant still-hunting through the...

It was early August when I returned my Nevada tag (backstory here).  That still gave me the best month to scout an Idaho buck up.  I find by early...

The mule deer season really starts for me a year or more ahead of opening day.  To find good places to hunt big mule deer, you have to do...