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Sounds like you are sitting pretty with a good tag and low hunter numbers. Should be a great hunt! Stick to your muley tactics. Blacktails love water. Where ever there is a lot of...
Colombian blacktails are all the same. Easy to draw tags or are otc and a lot of units have thousands of tags has, I believe changed their behavior. If left alone they act like high country mule deer. To find these deer you have to go where people don’t go. Find the topography that discourages...
My viewpoint is outdated. It should not be. My buddies with their fancy new cartridge and high end rifle/scope struggle every time. It’s exciting seeing a big high country deer. Our highcountry deer in California move fast. You get anxiety, become forgetful (remembering ballistics) and he walks...
257 wby. Sight in 3” high-at 100yds.100 grain ttsx. No need to adjust your scope out to 500. In the heat of the moment hunting alpine/timberline and all you have is a moment and no time to range and adjust your scope. At 400 yards hold at the top of the vitals. If he’s passed 500 you probably...