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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 135682" data-attributes="member: 3373">No need to repeat good info and do agree with others that you will be more successful hunting with binoculars than with your feet. You want to see them before they see you. Agree with others, you can sit and see nothing and pretty soon one will show up over there and then another over here and where there were no deer, you now have several. From my experience mule deer seem to move more during the day than whitetails. If the rut is on you will see bucks with does and usually several does as opposed to one or two.The country can be rough but is also beautiful. That is why I find binoculars so effective. Trying to cover all that area by walking will wear a person out and usually push bucks out in front of you that you will rarely see or possibly only see a butt going over a hill.You mentioned you weren't trophy hunting. Don't know what you consider a trophy but I will bet you won't have much trouble finding a decent 4X4 or 3X3 instead of shooting the first fork horn you see. Someone mentioned staying away from the orange circus. Sometimes all that orange is because there are deer there, my experience is that it's orange because it's easy to get too. I've found little pockets that are more work to get to that will hold lots of deer. Pay heed to whoever suggested being willing to quarter a deer (I prefer boning it out) instead of dragging out. If boned out you do have to bring out proof of sex. Take a backpack if you have one. Dragging a deer out of a hole is a chore, Carrying it out in pieces is much easier. Two of you can easily carry out a buck in two trips. Possibly one dependent on how heavy you want your pack and how far to the road or trail. Remember, on national grasslands you cannot drive off trail, even to retrieve.</blockquote>

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