Hunting & Fishing Texas Mule Deer

[Josh0369]

I shot my first muley this past October in Wy (DIY public land) and I've kinda got the bug. I'm looking to gather some info on doing a possible west TX muley hunt for 2019. Free range only, I'm not looking for a high fence feeder hunt. I like boots on the ground and getting after it. Any info would be appreciated, I figured somebody on the hide would have some info. Thanks Fellas

Josh

 

[Mblackmon4]

What kind of info are you looking for? I’m a ranch manger out in the Davis mountains of west Texas

 

[Josh0369]

What time of year do you generally have the best success? Are the tags over the counter or is the ranch allotted a certain amount of tags? What is a big mule deer buck for your area?

 

[Mblackmon4]

Mule season starts the day after thanksgiving and goes for 16 days unless the ranch has MLD tags in which their season is longer and they are allotted a specific number. I don’t know the specifics for out of state hunters but as a Texas resident we have 3 tags on our licence 2 that are buck or antlerless and one that is antlerless only. My hunters this year killed a 160 and a 143 but we had a fire in 2012 and are finally starting to recover from that. Before the fire we had some 170-185. And keep in mind this is all low fence deer and we don’t feed or anything so it takes going out and glassing and is a hunt. And to give you perspective I’m in between alpine and fort Davis Texas

 

[Josh0369]

PM me your info, I'd like to give you a call