Unit 27 Muley

[DCMHunter]

We drew a unit 27 mule deer tag this year. Does anyone have any suggestions on were to go for carp? I have hunted whitetail in 27 several times and have seen a few muleys while chasing whitetails. Are there any areas better for muleys than where you find whitetail. I was thinking maybe up high ontop of the rim. My son got one up there on a youth hunt several years ago

 

Thanks for the help

 

DCMHUNTER

[JLW]

ALWAYS SEEN A LOT OF MULEY AROUND HANNAGAN MEADOW AREA... A LOT OF PEOPLE TOO.

 

JAMES

[sjvcon]

I think part of it depends on the time of year to some degree.

[200"mulie]

Depends on the time of year/snow level and depth pretty good unit for mulies....but have to work at it

[DCMHunter]

I have the November hunt. I also have horses and a back pack to get away from the crowds. Snow would be nice.

 

DCM

[wildwoody]

eagles nest. and there donkeys

[Snapshot]

The largest concentrations of mulies below the rim, is probably in the 4 bar mesa area. It also has the highest concentrations of hunters.It can be a bit of a zoo in that area. After a day or two, the smarter bucks will head further in. same way with the Eagle Creek, and Juan Miller areas, Some bucks in the Eagle Creek area have even been know to boogie over into tribal land across Eagle Creek.

The rim face can also be good, as bucks on top can get away from hunters by dropping over the edge. Biggest mulie I have seen in 27, did that very thing, and he got away from me.

 

Just a few observations I've seen from years of hunting there.

 

Sent you a P.M

[billrquimby]

I don't know how it is now, but in the 1960s through the mid-1970s, I used to camp near Strayhorse and hunt the Chitty Creek and Eagle Creek country from my mule. There were lots of mule deer and, in some years, a few whitetails hanging around old burns. There also were a few bears.

 

Bill Quimby

[Snapshot]

I don't know how it is now, but in the 1960s through the mid-1970s, I used to camp near Strayhorse and hunt the Chitty Creek and Eagle Creek country from my mule. There were lots of mule deer and, in some years, a few whitetails hanging around old burns. There also were a few bears.

 

Bill Quimby

Back in 2009 I camped at Strayhorse for the November archery elk hunt. One day I took the Hiline trail west to Crabttree canyon, and down to Eagle Creek, and back to the highway and back up to strayhorse. Around an 11 mile hike that about did me in. Only saw a handful of mulies, one buck,of which was in the 150's. Decent 4x4. The Whitetail were absolutely thick up in some of those areas up by the base of the rim.

[Alpinebullwinkle]

There are pockets of good mulies up high but to increase your odds I would recommend well below the rim where the greater concentrations are:4bar, Mudsprings, Juan Miller and the lower Blue

[DCMHunter]

Thanks for the information everyone. I was able to trade some shifts and will be able to scout for a couple of days this next week end. Thinking about camping on the south side of rose peak so I can look at 4 bar one day and strayhorse one day. Thanks again for all the help.

 

Has anyone gone into the Blue wilderness area?

 

DCM

[Alpinebullwinkle]

Back when I used to hunt muley's (when there were alot of them pre-1985) it seemed like the colder weather would always force them to migrate off the rim about November 1st........just before the hunt! Likely still the same scenario. My recommendation is to hunt below the rim, particularly if you are trophy hunting.

[Snapshot]

There are pockets of good mulies up high but to increase your odds I would recommend well below the rim where the greater concentrations are:4bar, Mudsprings, Juan Miller and the lower Blue

Found the head and skeleton of a 29.5" non typical mulie piled up under a juniper years ago, in one of the areas you mentioned. Don't know if it was a lion kill, or wounded by a hunter.? Looks like it had been there for a about a year?

[Snapshot]

Thanks for the information everyone. I was able to trade some shifts and will be able to scout for a couple of days this next week end. Thinking about camping on the south side of rose peak so I can look at 4 bar one day and strayhorse one day. Thanks again for all the help.

 

Has anyone gone into the Blue wilderness area?

 

DCM

I have hunted close to the edge of the wilderness boundaries a couple times, but never the interior of the wilderness. Be a great place for a guy with pack animals, and, or, a hardy backpacker.