Nevada muley tag!

snag · June 07, 2013, 04:42:00 PM

Haven't drawn any tags this year and kind of just forgot about Nevada...then I get the email saying I can hunt the Ruby Mt. Wilderness for big muleys with a longbow! Didn't see that coming! Kind of changes my plans...but I will be glad to adapt! Anyone do this hunt before?
David

Keb · June 07, 2013, 04:45:00 PM

Sweet

Lone Ranger · June 07, 2013, 04:45:00 PM

thats awesome!

Bjorn · June 07, 2013, 04:53:00 PM

Nevada has some monsters-big as elk I hear! We want pics David.

snag · June 07, 2013, 05:03:00 PM

I think I'll have to bring my camera for this one!

wooddamon1 · June 07, 2013, 05:36:00 PM

Good idea on the camera, I'd like to see the arrows you make up for this trip! Good luck!

rlc1959 · June 07, 2013, 06:57:00 PM

I am in the process of planning my Unit 65 Nevada Mule Deer Hunt. First Mule Deer Hunt and doing it with my Recurve.

Good Luck, Randy

twitchstick · June 07, 2013, 07:11:00 PM

Congrats and good luck.

VictoryHunter · June 07, 2013, 07:13:00 PM

Congrats! Good hunting.

Shinken · June 07, 2013, 10:31:00 PM

WAY TO GO Snag!

It will be a most-excellent hunt!

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

steadman · June 07, 2013, 11:36:00 PM

Congrats David!! I've heard it's a fun hunt.

June 07, 2013, 11:42:00 PM

Congrats David!

And good luck too!

Bisch

Bill Watts II · June 07, 2013, 11:43:00 PM

Congrats and good luck!

I hunted it last year and saw alot and got close to a few, but could never make it happen.

Let me know if I can help you. I have maps, and know of at least one spot you may want to consider. It's beautiful country!

Oh, and don't forget to pack an ultralight rod. I packed in a little 3wt fly rod and caught more brook trout than one could shake a stick(bow) at!

snag · June 08, 2013, 12:11:00 AM

Good info on the flyrod Bill. Sounds like a must. I am open to any info that you are willing to share. I have talked with a friend and have some to start with.

old_goat2 · June 08, 2013, 12:43:00 AM

I never hunted the Ruby's, been around them is all, I rifle hunted the area South I believe of Austin NV, it was very much a "king of the hill" situation, get high and look down. It's very rugged country if you haven't been there. Good boots, good optics and a lot of gumption are in order for a good trip. It's very ruggedly beautiful country, I really liked it a lot. I was stationed there in the Navy, and took a guy from Oklahoma hunting, he got a nice buck and was complaining about how hard it was to get his deer out, heck a guy seen us from the road and made his way over to us on an old two track and hauled us out, but not untill we had drug the deer a good ways, wasn't that hard really, anyways, he was saying, man, in Oklahoma, i'd just drive the truck up to the deer and haul it out, and I told him, someday, you will be telling your grandkids about this hunt and it will seem pretty neat, the next day, he looked at me as we were sitting at the campfire eating a chicken fried Sage Grouse and said, you know man, your right, this is the stuff stories are made of and his attitude had changed tremendously. I absolutely love Northern NV and am very envious of you!

Walt Francis · June 08, 2013, 12:54:00 AM

Dave,.

Congratulations on the tag! You gonna use a glass or wood bow. you might want to read Dewight Schuh's book Hunting Open Country Mule Deer, there is as lot of good information in it. What are the dates of the hunt?

snag · June 08, 2013, 12:58:00 AM

The dates are 8/10-9/9. Don't know yet when I'll head down. I will be here when you come through Walt. If I can get confident with a selfbow I'd like to hunt with it. If not, I'll be hunting with a glass longbow that a friend made me. Wood arrows of course!

snag · June 08, 2013, 01:01:00 AM

Sounds like great country David. I like that description.."ruggedly beautiful".

Shinken · June 08, 2013, 01:04:00 AM

PM sent Snag!

Shoot straight, Shinken

snag · June 08, 2013, 01:06:00 AM

Back at you David. Thanks, David