TravisIN
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Is there a consistent date you usually see mulies start shedding velvet? For example I know in my area of the Midwest I know that in usually start seeing the very first hard horned bucks sept 5th. I’ve seen them shed as early as August 28th and still carrying past the 15th.
With Colorado’s season opening sept 2 for the next five years it obviously shortens the amount of time you’ll be able to hunt them In velvet. Everything I’ve read/heard says that once they shed their velvet they seem to drop out of the high country basins and into the timber. Does that have to due with velvet shedding or is it just because of the timing with weather and the feed getting killed off bc of colder temps.
I’ve been after elk the last few years and as much as I’ve enjoyed chasing them I’m wanting to make the switch to mule deer. A couple of the reasons are 1) as awesome as I think elk are I am pretty much always solo and packing an elk out is quite a bit bigger undertaking. 2) I’m not as concerned with what I’m hunting as much as I am where. I could cut my drive much shorter and hunt mulies In the Sandhills of Nebraska. But I’m more concerned with being in the high country. I’ve spent the last couple years chasing elk near or above timberline and love that country. Im not dead set on Colorado, my only real requirement is that Is the deer be in the high country where I have to backpack in. So I’m looking through all the states that offer that. I bought robby’s book and have started on it and am trying to digest as much info as I can. Thanks fellas
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With Colorado’s season opening sept 2 for the next five years it obviously shortens the amount of time you’ll be able to hunt them In velvet. Everything I’ve read/heard says that once they shed their velvet they seem to drop out of the high country basins and into the timber. Does that have to due with velvet shedding or is it just because of the timing with weather and the feed getting killed off bc of colder temps.
I’ve been after elk the last few years and as much as I’ve enjoyed chasing them I’m wanting to make the switch to mule deer. A couple of the reasons are 1) as awesome as I think elk are I am pretty much always solo and packing an elk out is quite a bit bigger undertaking. 2) I’m not as concerned with what I’m hunting as much as I am where. I could cut my drive much shorter and hunt mulies In the Sandhills of Nebraska. But I’m more concerned with being in the high country. I’ve spent the last couple years chasing elk near or above timberline and love that country. Im not dead set on Colorado, my only real requirement is that Is the deer be in the high country where I have to backpack in. So I’m looking through all the states that offer that. I bought robby’s book and have started on it and am trying to digest as much info as I can. Thanks fellas
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