TX/NM Border Muleys

[HighPlainsStalker]

Somewhere along the Texas and Mew Mexico State lines there lies a grey area of hope and despair for many big game hunters. Doused in private farmlands and sandy terrains covered in Shinery Oaks there lays some absolute bohemoths of Muleys. But.. they’re not for the faint of heart, in fact; if the only way you can learn how to hunt is by watching others you may be better off going 5 hours east and chasing whitetail, or 5 hours west and glassing a mountainous escarpment. This is the area where a ‘hunters hunter’ goes to succeed and learn the tricks and tales that are often passed along to close friends and kept secret for many years to come. Although the border muleys are a lazy animal, it only increases the level of difficulty to harvest one of these mature monsters. I’ve had the privilege of chasing elk from Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, and Mule deer in all those besides Montana as well and I can say that the border Muley is truly an animal that tested my capabilities and made me a much better hunter. The closest thing I can compare it to is that those deer “tested my ability to learn” when out of my comfort zone. Lastly, happy hunting gentlemen - I wish everyone a wonderful season and take some time out to appreciate the sunset plenty this year, we’re never guaranteed another season…

 

[LightFoot]

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[Slick8]

Man, I'm with you.

I've wanted to apply and hunt eastern NM for some time. It has it's ditractors though. Too many tags given out, too many roads, NO wilderness area's and little to no elevation change to aid in glassing. Oh, and does the wind ever stop blowing?

Having said that, the SE corner of the state and western most Texas can hold some good deer. Obviously, private land access will increase your success rates tremendously.

 

[HighPlainsStalker]

Man, I'm with you.

I've wanted to apply and hunt eastern NM for some time. It has it's ditractors though. Too many tags given out, too many roads, NO wilderness area's and little to no elevation change to aid in glassing. Oh, and does the wind ever stop blowing?

Having said that, the SE corner of the state and western most Texas can hold some good deer. Obviously, private land access will increase your success rates tremendously.

Absolutely, having hunted ‘Hunter pressured’ deer as well as ‘human encroachment pressured’ deer is a big advantage to them. It’s so flat I believe they crawl into holes and hide, I’d say they’re definitely some of the smarter mulies out there. There’s no hill they can run 50 yards and get behind and disappear, so they must know the landscape like the back of their hand.

 

[JGRaider]

Been hunting that area for 18 years now.

 

[Gator4570]

Got this one a few years back and now work in the unit. There’s some good deer you just have to get creative to be able to glass them up.

 

[LandSeig]

I look at those muley tags that come with my TX license every year, but that’s probably not happening unless I find some private land to hunt. I’m headed to Idaho in two months to try for one up there.

 

[Mike1187]

Got this one a few years back and now work in the unit. There’s some good deer you just have to get creative to be able to glass them up.

Gator, great border muley! What creative techniques are you using in that terrain to glass? Looks to be fairly open with lots of small brush. Are you focused on the creek beds that tend to hold heavier brush?

 

[Gator4570]

Gator, great border muley! What creative techniques are you using in that terrain to glass? Looks to be fairly open with lots of small brush. Are you focused on the creek beds that tend to hold heavier brush?

Yes sir find the one with the most green in the bottom. We also have a lot of oak brush in the area as well and the deer love acorns on them. For glassing if you run into a lease op for some of the smaller oil companies they’ll let you get up on tanks as long as they don’t have H2S.