What area/outfitter for very high success on 180"+ rifle mulie?

[TXHunt]

If you had to pick one area/ State and outfitter for a very high success rate on a 180"+ mulie where would you go and who would you book with? US or Canada.....

 

[270Hunter]

Tre Heiner, high country of Wyoming. He puts some giants in the dirt every year.

 

[Dcoryn]

I would head to Alberta and be prepared to spend 13-15k for a high percentage chance at 180"+

 

[realunlucky]

Texas-

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[Pk_in_Dallas]

I would head to Alberta and be prepared to spend 13-15k for a high percentage chance at 180"+

Alberta’s mule deer population in the South took a huge hit. Wouldn’t book anywhere down south would stay further North.


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[svivian]

Mexico

 

[ColoradoV]

Colo gov tag..

Hire Clay Hill….

 

[bbrown]

Colo gov tag..

Hire Clay Hill….

Better have DEEP pockets. Clay seems to turn up some great bucks and has a good network with other outfitters that opens up a lot of ground he doesn’t guide on regularly but none of that will be cheap.

Eastern Colorado gets my vote especially if you have a few points or don’t mind buying a voucher. There are a few good outfitters out there and most of those don’t need to do much on the socials.

 

[Ballcap]

Az strip, west unit. Not sure of best outfitters since rules have changed and they are “figuring things out”. If you can get a tag and a guide that knows the area you can find em much bigger than 180. Hunt hard and 200” plus is normal.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Texas-

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Yep MLD west or panhandl
Or
Eastern Mexico

 

[Norm555]

Eastern Colorado Outfitters maybe with good private land.

 

[MuleyFever]

Jicarilla?

 

[WRO]

Bucks and Bulls in Nevada, they have the Goshutes tied up.
ECO in eastern colorado

 

[JBHunt_3]

Is there any obtainable hunt’s with outfitters (meaning not once in a life time draws or max point areas or gov tags) where their clients are truly killing 180 bucks at higher than 50%?

Seems unlikely these days


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[JBHunt_3]

And I guess If they are out there nobody is going to want to talk about it.


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[Habitat#1]

CWO kills some big ones

 

[wildwilderness]

Mexico

 

[Joseph2186]

Mexico or grand Prairie alberta area you wont have to draw a tag

 

[S.Clancy]

Is there any obtainable hunt’s with outfitters (meaning not once in a life time draws or max point areas or gov tags) where their clients are truly killing 180 bucks at higher than 50%?

Seems unlikely these days


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That's my question. And I'm guessing the answer is no, unless they take very, very few people. There are just not that many bucks truly over 180"

 

[TxAggie02]

This is a loaded question depending on how much you want to spend and/or how long you want to wait.

Internationally, there are still some free-range options in Mexico, but more and more of that is going towards pen-raised deer that are let out. You can figure this out pretty quickly when you follow outfits on IG and they are posting 3-4 deer in the 200" range every week for months and months in a row. Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan specifically) have historically had some really good areas. However, my understanding is that a chunk of that region was hit significantly with CWD over the past few years and aren't quit as good as they used to be. I really haven't paid much attention to it, since I haven't looked at hunting those areas, but that's just what I've heard, so take it for what it's worth. You can probably do some research and turn up more info.

Within the lower 48, there are really good units in multiple states (Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona), but unless you want to spend a lot of money buying a landowner tag or tag from an outfitter, then you are more than likely looking at a decade plus (sometimes two decades plus) to draw the better units. Some of the top areas in the world for mule deer are the Arizona Strip, Kaibab Plateau, and Paunsaugunt. There are multiple good outfitters in all of those areas and you actually have a pretty good chance of killing a 200" deer.