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Mule Deer east of Minot?

by pbear , Posted to Fishing Buddy on 08/17/2006 01:02 AM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
pbear
Joined: 08/08/2004
Location: ND
Went east of Minot last Wed setting up deer stands (hope they aren't stolen). Approx. 5 miles southeast of Granville. We saw 2 mule deer fawns cross the road. They stood in the ditch. Wish I had a camera. And Yes they were mule deer!Tall ears. Hopped. No white tails up. 20 ft off the road. Saw one doe 4 years ago 5 miles further east while we were working a dog. We thought that was a real rarity. These 2 fawns had to have a mom and a Dad in the area. Anybody else seen mule deer this far east?







Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by papabear on 08/17/2006 04:15 AM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
papabear
Joined: 02/17/2003
Location: ND
I have seen mulies near Kongsberg/Butte area. They are kind of a rarity. Cool to see.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by Fox Island Outfitter on 08/17/2006 07:12 AM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Fox Island Outfitter
Joined: 02/25/2002
Location: ND
More are making it across the river to the east every year. Last year hunting north of Bowden, I saw two mule deer, both forkys. I got one on the video camera, he was running with a nice 5x5 whitetail and a doe.
The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.- Finn Aagard
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by eyesonly on 08/17/2006 07:16 AM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
eyesonly
Joined: 07/22/2002
Location: ND
Starting to be more every year up here in the Turtle Mts.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by cynical on 08/17/2006 07:35 AM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
cynical
Joined: 10/27/2004
Location: ND
I've seen them just south of Minot before and have even seen pronghorns just south of Towner
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Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by passiton on 08/21/2006 2:56 PM | Reply #5 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
passiton
Joined: 11/28/2005
Location: ND
I saw a small herd just past the KOA on top of the hill a couple of years ago.
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Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by NoBiteSam on 08/21/2006 2:59 PM | Reply #6 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
NoBiteSam
Joined: 05/15/2006
Location: ND
I saw a mule deer by Page, ND last year while waterfowl hunting
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by outlaw on 08/21/2006 7:42 PM | Reply #7 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
outlaw
Joined: 05/14/2002
Location: ND
Eastern mule deer ? Yes, I almost fell on one last fall pheasant hunting. Mulie, you ask? Antler size and spread, no white backside, and long ears. Great buck, a mule deer. Lived in Montana and know what they look like. Where you ask ? Ten miles north of Valley City, n. d. Going to find him this fall.....
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by Bowhuntin on 08/21/2006 8:19 PM | Reply #8 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Bowhuntin
Joined: 11/17/2003
Location: ND
Actually there are mule deer shot in the eastern part of the state every year. The ones I've heard of are usually does, not sure why that is, but I hear of a couple every year. I heard of one in MN a few years ago that must have swam the mighty red.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by srm_skeeter on 08/21/2006 8:50 PM | Reply #9 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
srm_skeeter
Joined: 12/19/2005
Location: ND
Last rifle season i talked to a guy in the field whos dad got a muley buck near upham. they do give out any antlered for a reason i guess. I havent seen one with my own eyes in five years.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by DP99 on 08/21/2006 9:35 PM | Reply #10 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
DP99
Joined: 10/23/2005
Location: ND
Not sayin where but we've got a 160+ class muley east of jamestown that i'll be after this year
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by Allen on 08/22/2006 05:12 AM | Reply #11 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Allen
Joined: 01/09/2002
Location: ND
In my anecdotal observations, the mule deer are expanding their range in western ND. I went twenty years without seeing mulies on the eastern part of my stepfather's land NE of New Town, now for the last 7 years about half the deer there are mulies. Starting to make it tough to decide where to apply for the ol buck tag.
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Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by method on 08/22/2006 08:44 AM | Reply #12 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
method
Joined: 12/16/2001
Location: ND
Probably 12 years ago I had one walk into my goose decoys when I was hunting north of the Greene crossing on Lake Darling.

-Mike
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by Vinny G on 08/22/2006 12:45 PM | Reply #13 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Vinny G
Joined: 03/15/2006
Location: ND
Seen 4 does two years ago up in the turtle mountains. I seen one other doe about 6 years ago.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by north14 on 08/22/2006 3:52 PM | Reply #14 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
north14
Joined: 07/12/2005
Location: ND
We also saw a mule deer doe on the Buffalo Lodge road north of Granville a couple of weeks ago. I've seen several mule deer on Clark Salyer Refuge over the years.
Re: Mule Deer east of Minot?
by Tim Sandstrom on 08/22/2006 4:15 PM | Reply #15 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
Tim Sandstrom
Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND
Allen,

Yeah, it's pretty neat hunting up in the New Town area.  I guess that's why it's becoming one of the hardest units to draw a buck tag now a days.  But yeah, sure is fun when a guy has to take a second to identify the deer.

"it's a mule deer!"  or wait "it's a whitetail".  Good ole days.  Guess I'll have to stop putting in for the dang badlands all the time and re-live them sometime soon!

Tim S.




 
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