Just got back on Saturday afternoon from a week of hunting mule deer in Wyoming. I was invited by robslifts and his family and a few of their friends from Michigan. They were great and we had a great time roaming the semi-arid mountains of eastern Wyoming. We saw lots of mule deer does, and very few bucks. We also saw several rattlesnakes that had a very green color; prairie chickens and turkeys; we saw lots coyotes of course; and the elk were starting to come back into the area.

Wow that's a cool pic. Where were ya hunting at? For sure our deer numbers aren't good right now...

Glad you had a good time Joe!

Here are a few pics:

Here is the medium size doe I shot at about 10 yards. I was circling around a small mountain to come over the top in order to get the wind in my face. As I was coming down the SE side of the mountain, I jumped this doe out of her bed beside a sage bush. These mule deer are almost invisible in the sage. She acted strange because she really didn't want to run away. As she started to hesitatingly turn away from me and start down the mountain, I drew and shot. The arrow went in the left rib cage and exited on the right shoulder.
She took off, and not two seconds later, a coyote was on her tail chasing her down the mountain. I said to myself, that coyote is not getting my deer! I began to run full speed down the mountain chasing the coyote that was chasing my deer! After the 'yote had tackled her for the second time, I caught up and began to hiss like a mountain lion [or a house cat?]! When I got about 20 yards away, the coyote finally saw me, realized it wasn't his deer, and took off. It would have been interesting on video!

We were hunting about 25 miles west of Douglas. Very very dry - and yes the deer numbers were down I am told, but still pretty good.

Great friends from Michigan! Boy do these guys know how to camp out... We ate like kings!
Thanks Rob for a great experience!

Very nice pics. Love that country.  

Looks like you had a great time Joe

That's quite a story!  Congratulations on a fine muley!  Wyoming has to be one of the most beautiful states!

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

Thanks for sharing.  Congrats on the deer.

Thanks for your comments guys! Brian, good to see your reply! Thanks, and yes it was a lot of fun! The bad thing is trying to get my mind back on my work

What a great time we had with you joe you are welcome anytime at our camps. Great time hAd by all even though we only got a few deer cant wait to go in 2014

Good Shoot'n!

You ain't got time for working. Season opens here Monday. When it cools off a little, lets do a camp hunt.

Beautiful country!

I know, I need to change my attitude about this work thing!

Nice job.  Great image of you chasing the coyote thats chasing your deer.