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Fat White Boy · July 17, 2007, 12:19 AM

Desert Mule Deer get really big. California Fish and Game brought some mule deer in from Colorado back in the 1930(?)'s and turned them loose in the Mojave Desert. There aren't a lot of them, but the bucks are big.

There is a sub-species called "Burro Deer" down along the Colorado River on the California-Arizona Border. They aren't as long legged as the mulies but are big chested, full bodied with big antlers. They live in the brush and are very difficult to get near. My friends hunt them with custom, long range rifles by McMillen. They usually shoot them at 500-600 yards. These guys are terrific Marksmen. I was hunting pigs with them and saw one of them hit a hog on a dead run at 400 yards. When I got to the pig, it was dead, with a hole right behind the shoulder.

July 17, 2007, 12:19 AM	#4
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	Desert Mule Deer get really big. California Fish and Game brought some mule deer in from Colorado back in the 1930(?)'s and turned them loose in the Mojave Desert. There aren't a lot of them, but the bucks are big. There is a sub-species called "Burro Deer" down along the Colorado River on the California-Arizona Border. They aren't as long legged as the mulies but are big chested, full bodied with big antlers. They live in the brush and are very difficult to get near. My friends hunt them with custom, long range rifles by McMillen. They usually shoot them at 500-600 yards. These guys are terrific Marksmen. I was hunting pigs with them and saw one of them hit a hog on a dead run at 400 yards. When I got to the pig, it was dead, with a hole right behind the shoulder.