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Alberta Mule Deer Hunting Outfitters
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Alberta Canada
Mule Deer Hunting Guides & Outfitters
There are 24 hunting outfitters in our directory
offering mule deer hunts in Alberta.
Please review each of the outfitters listed below and contact them directly
for more information about their mule deer hunts.
Mule Deer
Hunting in Alberta
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Mule deer are found throughout
Alberta. Several bucks harvested in Alberta are in excess of 240 Boone
and Crockett points and the world record for non-typical buck was
taken in Alberta and scores an impressive 355 2/8 B&C points and
in 75 years has yet to be beat. The provincial record for typical
mule deer scores 206 B&C points.
Mule deer bowhunting seasons in the boreal
forest and foothills zones begin in late August and runs through late
October; in the mountain zone the archery mule deer hunting season
begins in late August and ends in late September; In the Parkland
and Prairie zones archery for mule deer hunting begins in late September
and runs through November. Rifle mule deer hunting begins in mid September
and runs until the end of November in the Boreal, Foothills and Mountain
zones and in the Parkland and Prairie zones, mule deer hunting rifle
season runs through November . The rut takes place in early to mid-November
and typically continues until the end of the season.
Mule deer prefer a more open, less tree-infested
type of terrain. The coats of mulies are gray brown for the winter
months and reddish brown for the summer. They have white patches of
hair on their rump and a tail that is mostly white with a black tip.
Their ears can be over a foot long and provide excellent hearing.
Reaching adult size at around three years and living to 16, bucks
can weigh up to 250 pounds (does are smaller).
Mule Deer can leap up to ten feet in the
air, run up to 40 mph and change direction almost instantaneously.
They have excellent hearing, keen senses of smell and a superb sense
of sight in both daytime and nighttime conditions. These animals usually
feed during the day and don't move too much. This makes mule deer
hunting a real challenge.
Many outfitters will combine whitetail deer and mule deer hunting
trips. Mule deer hunting is popular during the rut because bucks are
exposed in the open more during the day because of the constant running
after does. The best strategy for mule deer hunting is glassing with
binoculars and then stalking to shooting range. |
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