Personally I prefer the muzzy hunt. Less people, I feel the success is pretty comparable and the weather is perfect. Not as hot as the bow hunt, and not as cold as the rifle hunt. You don't have to wear orange and the deer are less pressured. I would take a muzzy tag over a rifle tag any day.
Once they strip velvet they definitely seem to drop into cover a little more. Like you said, not as visible as archery season, but more visible than mid October.
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A little more info is available if you go hunt it. Lots of things used to have good draw odds/availability until people ran their mouths on the internet.
Nuke this thread and PM me with what unit you are thinking of hunting.
Ima just be 100% honest with you. For one, it's a harder hunt than rifle especially with open sights. There are less tags but there's still people everywhere just like rifle. There is always 2-3 people per tag in field. And 3 it's no secret. The deer honestly aren't any more visible than rifle for the most part the 2 points will be if that's your thing. Especially the big deer will be hard to find just like rifle. So there ya have it. It's a fun hunt but there's nothing magical about it.
