Mule Deer

                                                                                           Sponsored by                  That's right, it's time again.  Idaho archery opens August 30th.  Lord willin', as dawn breaks sky, I'll be looking over some...

A really big Idaho buck from 2012 I found while scouting.  This was the only look I got at him in a week of searching.  My mistake?  I...

I wrote back in the blog post Thinking Too Big about narrowing down units to the best buck country.  If you want to develop this skill, you need to learn...

It's here again: scouting season.  As much as I wait for this time, when it finally arrives, it's almost a feeling of dread.  The clock begins to tick. ...

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...