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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 West inhabit at least three habitat zones- the desert, the foothills, and the high country (there are several sub-classes of habitats in each of those zones).  With this hunt, you’ll see how I hunt the high country zone.

 

Some of the best high country in the West  is located miles and thousands of vertical feet from the roads.  This often means you lose two hunting days— one for the pack-in and one for the pack-out— so chose your areas carefully as a guy only has so much time off work and you don’t want to lose too many hunting days.  

If I can work it out logistically, I try to hunt the same day as the pack-in.  Big bucks move right before dark, so if I can be in prime country for at least the last hour of the day, I don’t have to lose a full day of hunting.  Here’s a quick video of my first day in the high country:

 

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If you;d really like to learn to hunt big mule deer, check out my new book by clicking on the cover sample below.

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Robby Denning
Robby Denning started hunting mule deer in the late 1970’s, only missing one season in 35 years. At 25, he gave up the pursuit of all other big-game to focus on taking the best bucks possible. He began hunting the West on a DIY budget hunting an average of 30 days a year for mule deer. Robby loves the hunt as much as the kill and the entire process from research to scouting to hunting. He’s killed four bucks over 200 inches in the last 15 seasons, mostly on easily-obtained tags. He owns a public-land scouting service and runs a private-land outfitting business helping other hunters in their pursuit of deer and elk. Robby has scouted and hunted literally thousands of square miles of mule deer country and brings a wealth of knowledge about these experiences with him. To him, the weapon of choice is just a means-to-an-end and will hunt with bow, rifle, or muzzleloader – whatever it takes to create an opportunity to take a great mule deer. He is also the author of "Hunting Big Mule Deer" available on Amazon. Robby believes all of creation is from God for man to manage, respect, and through which to know its Creator