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 Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/01/12 02:11 AM
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erniejs
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last years fires displaced lots of animals
We get old too fast and wise too slow
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: erniejs]
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12/01/12 02:55 AM
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hardheadeddoe
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mulies have been spotted on & off south of abilene before the panhandle area fires
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: hardheadeddoe]
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12/02/12 04:50 AM
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Plenty of mulies in Glasscock co., but no season. Have one old old buck that has been on camera for the past 7 years and counting that is called Eeyore.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/02/12 05:41 AM
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edin76051
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In any case it has a big body.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: ParkCountyElkDestroyer]
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12/02/12 12:42 PM
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Briar Rabbit
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Maybe due to the drought the Mulie's have moved from Fisher to Taylor county? Be worth talkin to the TPW officer.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: erniejs]
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12/02/12 05:03 PM
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last years fires displaced lots of animals That's OK. Once they move into a new area, they will start to thrive.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: Erathkid]
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12/02/12 08:13 PM
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hollidayHunter
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My dad has a friend in Stonewall county that has been getting some pics of a mule deer this season and there was one poached in Archer county several years ago.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/02/12 08:35 PM
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Christian O
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For sure a mule deer a young one probably only 1.5 or 2.5!
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/02/12 08:38 PM
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cody
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I've seen two in the last 5 years. Saw a doe in 2007...watched her for 15 or 20 minutes cross a wheat field then drove up on her and she took off with the tell tale mule deer bounce. Saw a little buck last year. He stinted off into the sunset as well. 15 miles south of abilene.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: cody]
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12/02/12 11:42 PM
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TTU.Hunter
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Wow, hope the keep heading south.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: bp3]
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12/03/12 12:27 AM
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hoss77
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Abilene,Texas not Kansas.
my point, 60yrs ago there were no mulies in S.W. Ks, now there are, so they have moved east
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: hoss77]
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12/03/12 01:03 AM
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: BOONER]
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12/03/12 01:26 AM
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hornet527
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There used to be a season in Coke county. Texanna ranch north off Bronte has had mulies for 30 years. Good to see them spreading out
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/03/12 01:34 AM
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We've seen mulies several times in western Shackelford county.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: AdThomps]
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12/03/12 04:39 AM
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there aremule in Abilene or at least were...we are in Merkel...here was the only one we have seen in the past years on our lease...fella on the lease shot this deer a few days later but that is a whole other story...  
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: basehitchamp]
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12/04/12 02:04 AM
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Christian O
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Why in the world would you shoot a mule deer that young? He was not even close to his potential!!!
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: AdThomps]
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12/04/12 02:13 AM
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Checked my camera today after a week off from hunting and found this buck from last night. Goofy looking rack and a huge body. Twice as heavy as any other deer I've see. On camera. Funny thing is I hunt about 10 miles south east of the Abilene Airport. I thought it might be a mule deer. Any thoughts??   That is a Muledeer.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: basehitchamp]
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12/04/12 02:19 AM
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there aremule in Abilene or at least were...we are in Merkel...here was the only one we have seen in the past years on our lease...fella on the lease shot this deer a few days later but that is a whole other story...
Sounds like an expensive mistake... Game Warden involved I assume?
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: chital_shikari]
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12/04/12 05:19 PM
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I've heard of them in fisher county where I hunt, haven't seen any but thats not to far from you. Deer can travel like crazy!
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: Leever]
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12/05/12 06:05 PM
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Mulie, forked antlers and black tipped tail. plus that big ol white arse.....
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: crstfr]
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12/05/12 06:58 PM
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Mulie, forked antlers and black tipped tail. plus that big ol white arse.....
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: Cody Malone]
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12/06/12 04:18 PM
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Basehitcamp,I would wager he knows a mule deer from a whitetail now if the GW caught him. I hope they expand into this part of the country,would love to be able to hunt them before I get too old.
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: Leever]
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12/06/12 06:54 PM
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Mulie, forked antlers and black tipped tail. ears too
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Re: Mule Deer around Abilene???
[Re: Stump_jumper]
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12/06/12 08:36 PM
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nsmike
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Mule deer bucks, when they disperse, generally only move a couple of miles but occasionally they will travel hundreds of miles. Every couple of years one is shot in Minnesota. The closest established population is west of the Missouri river in North and South Dakota. It's not an territory expansion until you start seeing does.
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