Saw a small whitetail buck following a mule deer doe on a farm north of Vinson a few years ago.
I killed one northwest of Alva right on the KS border years ago. Used to routinely see them there but oil production has greatly increased there and Ted Turner (yep the real one) started raising bison on the ranch just north. Since then sightings have been very rare.
Have hunted the last several years just south and east of Buffalo. When checking our deer in, seemed like all the Mule deer were being shot north of town. Have not seen any in the areas we hunt about 10 miles s/se on private land.
Sorry for the lousy pic, but I started deer hunting in 1980. Got nothing the first year, lost my hunting area to the owner selling the land. A buddy got me on his MIL's land by Braman Ok. Right on I35, just a mile or so east.
Saw a big buck in the back of the quarter section, shot him, field dressed, and took 4 hours of dragging it out, uphill over fresh plowed ground the day after a 4" rain. Thank God for the strength of youth.
Checked it in at the Fire Dept. We knew it looked different, but neither of us could put a finger on it. Checked as a whitetail.
Several years later and a lot of deer hunting behind me, it turns out it was a mulie. Kay county.
Again, sorry about the lousy pic, but from the hall of antlers:
Saw a big buck in the back of the quarter section, shot him, field dressed, and took 4 hours of dragging it out, uphill over fresh plowed ground the day after a 4" rain. Thank God for the strength of youth.
Checked it in at the Fire Dept. We knew it looked different, but neither of us could put a finger on it. Checked as a whitetail.
Several years later and a lot of deer hunting behind me, it turns out it was a mulie. Kay county.
Again, sorry about the lousy pic, but from the hall of antlers:
Here is a group of mule deer I saw west of Leedey last year.
Black Kettle holds some nice mule deer in certain units. Some of the WMAs in Texas county have really nice mule deer. A buddy killed a 170 class buck out there a few years ago.
Hybrids are pretty rare. Not only do whitetail and mulie ruts usually happen at slightly different times, but courtship between the two is different. Thus a whitetail buck rarely breeds a mulie doe (usually the order when it happens). Futhermore their offspring are sterile, so their line goes no further.
Lots of people say they have seen/shot hybrids but in reality their are way fewer than what people think really exist.
Lots of people say they have seen/shot hybrids but in reality their are way fewer than what people think really exist.
I shot a muley 3 years ago on our place 9 miles South of Buffalo, there were a bunch of does running around that area last year but I never saw any bucks.
Pretty viable heard west of leedey. Real nice sized heard that hangs out in the 4 Canyons Area
