Taken my share of Mule Deer over the years with both rifle and bow but have never focused on taking a real nice (180+) Muley with a bow..

I'm thinking Sonora is my best bet..

Thoughts?

Color Country Outfitters in Southern Utah. Possibly Western Lands in Northern Utah. Or purchase a Landowner permit in Utah or Colorado and book a guide who hunts on private lands within the unit. Sonora under a feeder might work out.

I don't have the finances to purchase that kind of hunt, but the Northern New Mexico units specifically 5A, 5B, 51B, 4, 2B and 2C are the best mule deer units in our state.

They are either butting up against the Jicarilla Indian Reservation that has some of the best mule deer on the planet or near it.

You might benefit from an outfitter, I don't know any that guide that area. The ones I work with guide in the Gila and in 34. Both places suck for big mule deer.

ok scrub what I wrote above.

You aren't going to get one of those tags, as they don't have at least 13 resident tags.

So not sure then.

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Originally posted by MC:
Color Country Outfitters in Southern Utah. Possibly Western Lands in Northern Utah. Or purchase a Landowner permit in Utah or Colorado and book a guide who hunts on private lands within the unit. Sonora under a feeder might work out.

I need to research the Utah landowner tags.. Hopefully talk to some outfitters in Vegas this week.

I have 400 acres under lease in eastern Nebraska but see very few mule deer. Lots of whitetails but few muleys..

The big challenge is scouting - that is why I pretty much always use an outfitter / guide...

I’d think a CWMU hunt in Utah would fit exactly what you’re looking for, possibly a Ranching for Wildlife tag in Colorado also

Scott:

Let introduce you to someone later this week.

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Originally posted by Webster:
I’d think a CWMU hunt in Utah would fit exactly what you’re looking for, possibly a Ranching for Wildlife tag in Colorado also

Ranching For Wildlife tags are for residents only, I don't remember what year they changed it.

There are non-resident Colorado ranching tags. It has a different name.

Aaron Neilson has some great muley hunting on the planes of eastern Colorado as well.

You might contact him.