Big steep rocky country. Start your training plan now. Deer or not I’m sure you will enjoy the experience. Some the most beautiful country in the northwest.
I will admit hybrids are rare, but they do happen. I also will agree that there are diffierences in pelage geopgraphically and from among individuals. There are only a few scientific methods to determine a true hybrid. This isn't the greatest pic either, but comparing the ears to the mule deer...
Do a boat hunt on Kodiak. You can camp comfortably on the boat and hunt each day. You still have to deal with the bears, but at least you sleep soundly. We hunted off a boat in 2006 and out of the 6 people on the boat my partner and I were the only ones to see a bear. We did have to encourage...
Scott gave some good advice. If you are interested in Mule deer only I would concentrate on the southern half of the state. The further south you go the more open (glassable) country you will find. Some of it will be very steep and some not so much. The easier it is to access the more hunting...
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I have used both. A .50 muzzleloader with 405 gr powerbelts on a cow and an 870 with a mossberg slug barrel and 1 oz saboted slugs on a bull. My wife and a couple of freinds have killed bulls and cows with the same shotgun setup. Both will easilly kill a moose. Neither of them will drop a moose...
I agree the Arizona system is somewhat cumbersome, but it could always be worse. I may be dating myself, but I started applying in Arizona before Al Gore invented the internet.
Call the Arizona game and fish and request the regulations and app info. Fill it all out and send it in with a...