Guest andymansavage Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Uh oh, a local guy took this pic whis scouting for muleys near salt lake............ Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 No whitetails in your area?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andymansavage Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 They have been in the northeast corner of the state for a while now, but in the last few years they are finding their way over the mountians and heading south. I have never seen one, but they are coming for sure. I wouldn't mind shooting a big one. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razortec_hunter Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 awesome!! whitetails are really fun to hunt you'll have a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I hear that the whitetail bucks will breed the mulie does before the mulie bucks will...... So the whitetails will mess with your mulie population Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andymansavage Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 There is a lot of debate out here on the expansion of the whitetail population and its effects on mule deer. There are places where they seem to coexist well , but there are also examples where the mile deer population is negatively affected by their new neighbors. As stated above, whitetail do breed muley does and mule deer bucks do not seem to breed whitetail does. I hope they coexist well here. I would hate to see further problems with our mule deer herds. I have never seen a live whitey buck and that would be cool. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 That's a nice looking whitetail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I hear that the whitetail bucks will breed the mulie does before the mulie bucks will...... So the whitetails will mess with your mulie population Have heard something along those lines too. From what I understand, whitetails are more aggressive around the rut and with breeding than mulies are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I've never been one to advocate breaking game laws, but here's what I encountered a few years back when I went on a mule deer hunt in the Big Bend area of West Texas. The landowner was giving us our instructions, telling us what areas of the ranch had been productive, etc. and the last thing he said was "And by the way, if you see a whitetail, please shoot it immediately." One of the guys said that he had already used all of his whitetail tags and the landowner informed us that it didn't matter whether we tagged the deer or not, just get it killed. We were all really skeptical about the whole deal so he pulls out his cell phone and calls the local Game Warden. The warden tells us THE SAME THING! It seems that there had been a steady encroachment of whitetails from the east, and the mule deer population had really suffered from it. Shooting all whitetails on site was the only way they had found to slow that trend. We never spotted a whitetail on that trip, so it wasn't a problem for us. But those people definitely saw the whole situation as a big deal and were prepared to take dramatic steps to try to limit the "damages" from the whitetails. Hopefully the climate, terrain, food sources, etc in Utah will be more of a natural barrier and the whitetails will never become a threat to the mule deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Younggun308 Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 That's a nice buck, you shouldn't feel bad about having some whitetails, and besides, in 10 years, there'll probably be fewer deer, and more turkeys, and 10 years later, vice versa, I guess that's just the way populations fluctuate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 I'll trade you a few whitetails for a few muleys! They don't like the high country newrly as well as the low country. That said, they like to eat wherever they are so there will be some competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodOlMossyHorns Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 i'd love to be the guy to go take some whitetails off of the ranchers hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baconcobucks Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 i wouldnt mind that job either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Mulies and whitetails overlap allover Saskatchewan-there are times there seems to be more of one than the other but they'll seem to adjust over time. Mulies are coming back bigtime in my area-they were everywhere in the 50's up here. I've seen does of both species with bucks of the other from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 Nice to have both Nice looking WT there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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