Western KS early season mulie
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From: ksbowhunter
26-Apr-20
Me and I buddy typically go to Colorado for an elk hunt. But with covid things are tight. We are considering a western Kansas mulie instead. Both in state, avid bow hunters looking for an early mid September hunt. Does anyone have ideas on where we should go?
From: KB
26-Apr-20
Even if you’re set on chasing muleys, grab a pronghorn tag and focus on them. Glass for deer the first hour of daylight and then again near sundown, but it’ll be far more fun chasing goats. Most of the bucks hole up in corn and milo until it’s gone. And a lot of the crop ground that is WIHA doesn’t open until Nov 1. Throw in muzzleloader hunters that first two weeks and it makes it really tough for an early bow guy. You’ll see more critters and have a lot more action chasing pronghorn. And maybe turn up a good deer along the way.
From: Matte
26-Apr-20
My best advice is go where there is alot of open WIHA or federal ground. You may need three days of scouting and one day of hunting. Those mule deer, especially decent bucks are getting harder and harder to find.
From: KB
26-Apr-20
I should add, if you can find some permission on big milo fields you may do well with the muleys.
From: Thornton
26-Apr-20
Agree with Matte. Big mulies are hard to find. I hunted last year on a couple thousand acres of private south of Quinter and only saw 1 buck. I'm the only guy that's ever had permission to deer hunt on it.
From: KSflatlander
01-May-20
We mule deer hunt every year in Sherman and Wallace counties on family land. We never go early season cause the big bucks are smart. An irrigated corn field had food, shelter, and water. They may never leave there for months. We don’t head west until our relatives call and say the corn is almost all cut. It increase your odds greatly.
Why are you considering early season?