Hi all,
I'm trying to put my first Muley buck on the ground during 2nd rifle in CO this year. I'm 0 fer 2 so far. I feel pretty good about the scouting and work I've put in this year- much more than in years past. One thing I'm struggling with is finding beds. I also elk hunt and I have a pretty good general idea of where to look for concentrations of elk beds, but I feel like Muley's are so much more random with where they choose to bed.
Anyone have any thoughts on what I should be looking for both on maps and when I have boots on the ground? Where do you find Muley beds in your area?
The unit I'm hunting varies from 6500 or so at the bottoms to 11000+ on the peaks. I've been scouting one area pretty hard that is in the 7200-9500 range, with grass flats toward the bottom end, mixed P/J and Oakbrush as well that works up into aspens and timber at the top. I was scouting the other day and all of a sudden two bucks were in the middle of the grass flat. Might they just bed down in the middle of the tall grass and stand up to feed when they're ready to? Sure seems like that's what they were doing but that surprised me - I envision them wanting thicker cover than just tall grass I guess.
Regardless of that- again, do you find that there is specific type of terrain or habitat that attracts Muley's to bed in? Or, am I just overthinking it because they're smaller, more solitary animals and can just sort of tuck into bed wherever they feel safe?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
I'm trying to put my first Muley buck on the ground during 2nd rifle in CO this year. I'm 0 fer 2 so far. I feel pretty good about the scouting and work I've put in this year- much more than in years past. One thing I'm struggling with is finding beds. I also elk hunt and I have a pretty good general idea of where to look for concentrations of elk beds, but I feel like Muley's are so much more random with where they choose to bed.
Anyone have any thoughts on what I should be looking for both on maps and when I have boots on the ground? Where do you find Muley beds in your area?
The unit I'm hunting varies from 6500 or so at the bottoms to 11000+ on the peaks. I've been scouting one area pretty hard that is in the 7200-9500 range, with grass flats toward the bottom end, mixed P/J and Oakbrush as well that works up into aspens and timber at the top. I was scouting the other day and all of a sudden two bucks were in the middle of the grass flat. Might they just bed down in the middle of the tall grass and stand up to feed when they're ready to? Sure seems like that's what they were doing but that surprised me - I envision them wanting thicker cover than just tall grass I guess.
Regardless of that- again, do you find that there is specific type of terrain or habitat that attracts Muley's to bed in? Or, am I just overthinking it because they're smaller, more solitary animals and can just sort of tuck into bed wherever they feel safe?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
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