Mule Deer

Spend enough time talking to good biologists, and you'll learn that mule deer are creatures of the edge.   By edge, I mean an area where older more mature...

Some places draw a mule deer hunter like a kid to soda pop.  Arizona is that place for me.  Per tag issued, nowhere else is producing more giant deer than...

Idaho.  For all her downsides—wolves, nonrefundable license, high-priced deer tags, poor draw odds— she also has lots of upsides: the most backcountry of any western state, general OTC...

Idaho's draw hunt deadline is June 5th.  As that date approaches, I wanted to give Roksliders an overview of mule deer hunting in Idaho, both OTC seasons and draw...

As the Western hunter has evolved these last 20 years, many have decided a state line is no longer a boundary to success.  This has worsened draw odds and...

 I hunted  and scouted Colorado for nine years before taking my first good buckEach week, I answer several emails/phone calls/and Rokslide PMs on the subject of Colorado mule deer...

Adjusting your application strategy according to your budget (time and money,) changes in draw odds, new hunts, and what you learned the previous hunting season need to be reconsidered...

I’ve written a lot these last few weeks on hunt planning and the western draws.  If you’re just tuning in, review those blogs.  I’d now like to share...

 That is one of the most frequent questions I get asked, yet I find few of these hunters asking have set their budget and goals.  By setting these important...

Talking to biologists, looking at statistics, and visiting forums are all great and necessary but tend to cause a hunter to think too big.  We need more specific...