Mustangs Rule
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2021
- Messages
- 1,071
For the record, Burro Deer are also called Desert Mule Deer, a distinct subspecies found in our extreme low deserts from West Texas, through southernmost New Mexico, Arizona and California also across northernmost Mexico where they are know as The Mexican Mule Deer or "Los Buro's with one "R".
Mostly in Mexico the hunts are tracking hunts but that might have changed to spotting and shooting them at a distance, or not. They tend to hang out in cactus tangles.
They get their name from having huge ears which act as cooling radiators. They are often lighter in color, golden almost to reflect back the sunlight. They tend to be long legged and tall as they engage in distant treks for water. With a good diet they can really become large with very fine antlers, though all the ones I shot were on the harshest deserts and were small.
Like Desert Bighorn Sheep and the Sonoran Desert "Ghost Antelope" Burro Deer have kidneys that are specialized to conserve water from the plants they eat. Their piss is really concentrated and stinks terribly.
When it's available, they heavily feed on Mesquite Tree seed pods, Mesquite is member of the Locust family, think "Honey Locust". known for being sweet and i found their meat to have a sweetness to it then.
Anyway, I hunted them for over ten years, always in desert wilderness and doing solo often multi day tracking hunts. I wondered if anyone else has also hunted them and has any experiences to share.
MR
Mostly in Mexico the hunts are tracking hunts but that might have changed to spotting and shooting them at a distance, or not. They tend to hang out in cactus tangles.
They get their name from having huge ears which act as cooling radiators. They are often lighter in color, golden almost to reflect back the sunlight. They tend to be long legged and tall as they engage in distant treks for water. With a good diet they can really become large with very fine antlers, though all the ones I shot were on the harshest deserts and were small.
Like Desert Bighorn Sheep and the Sonoran Desert "Ghost Antelope" Burro Deer have kidneys that are specialized to conserve water from the plants they eat. Their piss is really concentrated and stinks terribly.
When it's available, they heavily feed on Mesquite Tree seed pods, Mesquite is member of the Locust family, think "Honey Locust". known for being sweet and i found their meat to have a sweetness to it then.
Anyway, I hunted them for over ten years, always in desert wilderness and doing solo often multi day tracking hunts. I wondered if anyone else has also hunted them and has any experiences to share.
MR
Last edited:
