Colorado High Country Mule Deer 1A- 0PP

[crimsonkiller318]

How's it going guys. Been lurking around and decided to join. This will be my first post. I'm looking to get into mule deer hunting in Colorado. I am starting my research now so I can be as informed as possible going in. I specifically want to target a good say 160 plus high country above tree line buck, although a mature buck of any caliber is always considered a trophy to me. I am wanting to backpack in and spike camp for 8-10 days. I am 22 years old. I'm in good shape and will be training all this year. I have some experience hunting elk and pronghorn and a ton of experience hunting southern whitetail. I will be taking off of school next fall to study for the lsat so this will give me plenty of time to plan. As I said this will be my first time to hunt mule deer so I have zero preference points. Im wanting to go on first archery so I figure this should help my chances. Might be open to ML. It would be great if some of you more experienced guys could suggest some wilderness units with potential. I will have one scouting trip. No honey holes, just unit suggestions. I am a bit overwhelmed. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance guys. Happy hunting.

 

[Slugz]

CK318,

Welcome to EF. So we can help out and answer your questions with a more targeted approach, please head over to the new members section and post up an intro there. As an example are you looking to come to Colorado every year or is this a in a few years type plan?

My first suggestion would be to build points and hunt the GMU during one of the other many animal, method of take seasons to get to know the area. More experience in an area will greatly increase your chances. You could also get experience by hunting some leftover tags in the mean time while building points. In the end all our mule deer tags are limited hunts so points are gonna be needed for the better areas. Lastly, if you haven't already, start studying he draw recaps on the CDOW page......you can get an idea of points required, draw odds/percentages and a rough idea of what leftover tags are available while building points.