I watched Skull Bound with Jana Waller Hunting mule deer in Eastern Colorado. They were hunting over, what looked like harvested corn. They glassed in between rows seeing both mule and whitetail deer. This hunt looked like s lot of fun.

Anyone out there in AR land know of any outfitters for this type of hunt? I’m interested.

TIA
Will

Look up Aaron Neilson or Drummond Lindsey.

Aaron Neilson is your guy

I was on that hunt you watched. I’ll mesaage you

My client killed a 208” that week



What’s interesting is that I’ve actually hunted some of that country for longer than some of the guides have been alive and I don’t consider myself old.

Terrific bucks, Drummond! Holy Cats!

My word, those are great deer!

It was a hell of a year

Couple videos

https://youtu.be/op-9_0ROUZc

https://youtu.be/22xU_4KTW1k

These pics and videos are all this season

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Terrific bucks, Drummond! Holy Cats!

Thanks Ann!

WOW!!

What part of the eastern plains?

Buddy hunts the home ranch and close
by Campo. they saw some "good sized Mulies".
He was hunting WT and got one again.

Thanks much, some monster racks.

George

Man, mulie racks that big are getting mighty scarce in most of the mule deer's historic range. I sure do hope those bucks tested negative for CWD.

Holy crap,those are UGE!!!!

Great pictures and great Bucks Drummond !

Wow! Great bucks, Drummond!

Having lived and hunted in Colorado for almost 40 years, I have noticed a lot of the racks that come from plains whitetails or mule deer in Colorado are atypical.

I wonder if that is the result of the fertilizers they used on crops?

I haven't noticed this in pronghorns taken from the same areas, perhaps because they don't often feed in cropland.

BH63

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I wonder if that is the result of the fertilizers they used on crops?I haven't noticed this in pronghorns taken from the same areas, perhaps because they don't often feed in cropland.

Plenty of Antelope feed on crops all over Eastern Colorado with no effect on their horns.
As far as Deer are concerned I'm pretty sure the large antler growth is only helped by the rich crops they feed on not from some fertilizer effect.
I can consult with someone to confirm this but I don't see it necessary. If fertilizer affected horn growth then every Whitetail breeder on the planet would be injecting it into their pen raised prizes.

Thanks fellas!

Georgeld, we hunted all over, not just one area. I wasn't that close to Campo though. That is great country

BuffHunter63, I agree with Snellstrom. We've killed a number of big deer over the years in areas where they aren't utilizing agriculture yet. I think that drought impacts them more in a negative manner than any fertilizer could impact them in a positive manner. Most agriculture, in even an average year, yields enough to satisfy the needs of the deer in my opinion.

Genetics is the key and eastern Colorado has really good genetics. Combine that with age and a healthy diet you get big deer

Amazing bucks. Thanks for sharing.

Some awesome Muleys Drummond. Those same areas hold some monster whitetails too.

Drummond, please check pm from me. Thanks.