Mule Deer

  I'm back.  On my last blog post Huntin' the Pockets- Day 5, I told you I was now headed to the high country to hunt bucks.  Bucks in the...

  Rolled into town yesterday afternoon after packing up my desert country camp.  My son Cash is 9 years old and out of the blue told me last week...

  Day four dawned partly cloudy and breezy.  Left the truck at 5:45 and by the time I got into the deer country, the wind was blowing about 30...

  Headed out before dark last night to glass the area where I'd seen the non-typical last week.  I've never actually hiked into the area, just glassed it from...

  Back up at 4:30 and hit the same country I did yesterday.  I never saw either of those good bucks (and saw far fewer bucks, too.)  I can...

  Arrived to the first place I'm hunting late last night and just set up a cot in the back of the truck. After thunder and lightning all night (had...

   It's time to head for the hills.  If you're new around here, welcome to my annual Live Hunt.  For those subscribers who've been here since it all started back...

I first found the buck I later named Jalapeño three years ago on an archery hunt for another big deer I'd seen that summer.  I estimated he was four...

 https://vimeo.com/136781390 As you can see, scouting public land for mule deer is a lot like hunting public land for mule deer- tough!  But don't lose heart.  As I wrote...

I moved camp about a mile south.  I did this for a few reasons.  One, I was only scouting a little place that could be covered in a morning....