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Mule deer in the Texas Panhandle
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 pm
My father and his friend just got a lease near the town of Paducah, Tx in the panhandle. They are leasing the ranch to quail hunt but, we can shoot deer and turkeys as well.
The owner says there are good numbers of both whitetail and mulies. Has anyone of the board deer hunted in the general area and what were your experiences?
The owner says there are good numbers of both whitetail and mulies. Has anyone of the board deer hunted in the general area and what were your experiences?
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Posted on 2/3/15 at 2:30 pm to eyepooted
Watch out for tumble weeds
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:03 pm to KingRanch
HEY Oohh!! The panhandle is getting about as much traffic as this thread is.
This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:14 pm to eyepooted
Would those be classified as Dessert Mule Deer?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:26 pm to Count Chocula
Don't know about Paducah, Tx, but I don't think the Panhandle is desert. More of the plains I think. I've been to the Amarillo area and it's not a desert. Might as well be, there isn't a damn thing to do there.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 3:33 pm to DownSouthDave
Agreed, but its more desert than mountain? Wonder exactly what classifies as "desert mulie"?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:32 pm to eyepooted
We've been hunting 30 miles south of Paducah for about 15 years. Only recently have we started to see mule deer. We usually kill a couple of 140" bucks each year. A 150" maybe every 3 years.
Good numbers of turkey and quail right now on our place with the wet year we had. More hogs than you can shake a stick at.
Good numbers of turkey and quail right now on our place with the wet year we had. More hogs than you can shake a stick at.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:45 pm to TroyHenley
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Only recently have we started to see mule deer
How recent? 5-10 years?
Do ya'll specifically target mule deer?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:45 pm to TroyHenley
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Only recently have we started to see mule deer
How recent? 5-10 years?
Do ya'll specifically target mule deer?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 9:11 pm to eyepooted
You re a tad south but should see some mulies. We lease a ranch for turkeys only about 100 miles north of you west of Wellington and it has plenty and some good ones. Very poor country up there and has the worst climate on the planet. Two springs ago, the all time record high temp for April was topped and less than 24 hours later the record low was broken.....
Posted on 2/4/15 at 12:15 pm to eyepooted
Only about 5 years ago. We have not hunted them at all so far. Hoping for numbers to continue to rise. We actually had a mulie/white tail mix buck on camera this past year.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 12:29 pm to Sparetime
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Two springs ago, the all time record high temp for April was topped and less than 24 hours later the record low was broken.....
Imnpressive There is a lot of ravines on the property with lots of cedar so, I'm think about just glassing those areas and see what I can find.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 12:29 pm to TroyHenley
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Paducah, Tx
You may see Mule Deer but there is a different season and tags for them so watch it. We are in Crowell, Tx not far, if you go north about 50 miles they are plentiful. If the rancher says they are there I would believe him.
There was a 190+ Whitetail (I saw it in person) taken in Crowell a few years ago, this is all low fence free range.
There's some big deer around there, just not as many as south Texas.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 12:45 pm to The Torch
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The Torch
Thanks for the info.
We're going to mostly be quail hunting but I'll be carrying a rifle just in case a big Mulie or whitetail shows up. I'll try to make some afternoon hunts for deer.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 1:01 pm to eyepooted
We leased a place for many years in matador. We killed a good many quality muleys. Whitetails were a bonus
Posted on 2/4/15 at 1:31 pm to drakeT1217
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We leased a place for many years in matador. We killed a good many quality muleys.
That's awesome. Were you hunting in a stand or were doing Spot and Stalk?
Hunting with a rifle or a bow?
Posted on 2/4/15 at 2:15 pm to eyepooted
We had the place leased for quail. None of us had ever really mule deer hunted so we would sit in the stand for a little while in the morning then get out and spot and stalk. Probably only killed 1 or 2 out of a stand that I can remember.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 2:47 pm to drakeT1217
Yeah seems like you have better odds with Spot and Stalk for the mulies.
Why do ya'll no longer have the lease?
Why do ya'll no longer have the lease?
Posted on 2/4/15 at 3:23 pm to eyepooted
When we got out which was about 6 years ago there wasn't a quail left on the place.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 3:48 pm to drakeT1217
Yeah that's understandable. Seems like the quail have rebounded a good bit since then. That's why my father decided to get back out there.
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