Desert Muley - 4 days

[Mike1187]

You’ve got 4 days to seal the deal on a Desert Muley with a bow. What’s your go to strategy based on the limited amount of time?

 

[CC11]

Glass sun up to sun down. Cover country, move if you aren't finding deer. Find deer you want to shoot. Watch until he beds and develop a stalk strategy. Stalk in on buck. When he stands up, shoot said buck. Celebrate back at camp after the packout.

 

[rookieforever33]

Spend a month scouting ahead of 4 day hunt

 

[willfrye027]

Probably not be too picky with only 4 days

 

[RockAndSage]

It depends on what desert environment we're talking about, but broadly speaking I'd focus on finding food plots first, and hunt from there. Look within a mile or two of the food for north-facing shade (can go further in some places), especially at the bases of rock-outcroppings/rimrock, and glass the daylights out of those bedding areas. Even moreso if you can find ones that are higher up a slope, as it helps them with both visual security and catching thermals. Don't worry about where they water.

If you hunt an area that has any ag fields around, you can drive the perimeter of a lot of those places on dirt roads, and try to cut sign as you drive or walk, depending on how good your eyes are. Their tracks can often stand out pretty starkly crossing dirt roads and two-tracks. Sometimes you'll even find established trails through the brush, between where they bed and where they prefer to enter the fields. Those can be great places to get pointed to their bedding areas, and to find an ambush spot.

 

[BRDHUNTER]

Glass and move if you aren't seeing good bucks. Focus on the thicker vegetation areas. Go to the highest elevation in the unit. Find those areas with higher concentrations of springs. Stay mobile.

 

[Weldor]

True Desert, Water.

 

[cuerro viejo]

True Desert, Water.

Yelp 3-4mile circle is where I’d focus - Especially any draw that leads to water

 

[Blackbird]

Same approach it would be if had the whole season. Find a high point bust out the tripod find a buck get as close as I can blow them out and do it all over again.

 

[S.Clancy]

4 days with a bow in the desert (which means low deer densities)......man, good luck. That's a tough prospect. Unless your standards are "any buck" it's gonna be very hard