


January 29, 2010
Monster Reservation Muley!
The buck pictured below was, I’m told, shot on the Jicarilla Reservation in New Mexico. Long noted for its excellent elk hunting, the Jicarilla obviously hosts some monstrous mule deer as well. I’ve kind of given mule deer—one of my favorite big game species—short shrift in this space this fall, so I was glad to see this photo land in my email this week.

The photo did get me to thinking about hunting tribal lands. I’ve done very little of it—two jaunts for turkey and one for deer (whitetail and/or mulies)—but enjoyed my experience. My hunts occurred in South Dakota and, while the amount and quality of game wasn’t outstanding, the experience was perfectly fine.
I have, however, heard from hunters who’ve seen both sides of the reservation hunting spectrum. I have a friend with deep enough pockets to hunt the Jicarilla (for elk) about every other year, and he raves about it. But I’ve talked to others who’ve not been happy with their tribal hunting experience. Have any of you hunted tribal lands for deer, elk, or other species? If so, were you satisfied with the hunt…And if not, why not? Anxious to hear your thoughts!
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Haven't hunted reservation ground, but MAN is that an AWESOME MULEY!!
Here in New Brunswick lands designated for Native hunting are strictly reserved for native use only.That aside what a trophy mulie.
Wow!
What a monster!
huge mule deer
Very impressive rack! Love to have that hanging at my place.
Cool buck, congratulations.
I have never hunted a reservation but a frequently overlooked place int eh US is the Military Bases scattered throughout the US. With little effort you can hunt almost all of them.
Awesome pictures!!!
He looks like a mean one with that scar on his nose!
I hate to keep bringing it up, but I am going to anyway. I live within 175 miles of at least 6 different reservations. I realize the implications of the Boldt decision and what the effects of are around fishing in the NW. The tribes are finally coming to the table with the fishing. What I see within 30 miles of my home is the slaughter of lots of spike bull elk by tribal members that are they only one's I am eligible to harvest without one of the 2 permits the state has been gracious enough to grant. This is after several years of public outcry about the shooting 300 minimum bulls.I own land next to a res. and have seen Huge Whitetail and have waited for them to come off because i cant touch. A mulie of this magnitude is worthy of great recognition but for it to be exclusively for "natives unless you are loaded sits like a tumor to me.
Beautiful animal but you know this has to be in the back of the majorities mind.
Amazing mule deer!
Good night he's a beast. However, I wonder how tall the guy is standing behind him. Kind of distorts the picture...
That thing is huge!, Very nice!
Whats that one of those twenty thousand dollars or am i low balling it? Makes me sick.The golden rule,he who has the gold makes the rules.
I agree it sucks that people can buy animals like this but that is why the boone and crocket and pope and young have the fair chase. If this deer was paid for then all the guy has to show for it is alor less money and an incredible mount no records. Thats the only saving grace for a middle class hunter who does his homework and hunts hard and doesnt have a black credit card. All that aside that is an impessive deer.
I live 20 miles from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and to get a permit for a "non native" is crazy, not to mention way out of my teacher's wages league. You kind of have to know people to cut the red tape. Seems they would want to use this resource to provide some jobs to an area that has the highest poverty rate per cap in the nation. They do have some great mule deer and whitetail hunting though if you can on.
I am part native so i can hunt on the reservation when i want. and it is an awesome experience because there is so much more deer it seems here than on public lands.
Wow is right. How big was that Mule?
Thats is HUGE! Got a good number of points on its rack too.
It looks like a moose!
An awesome buck! What the tribes do on their lands is fine by me. Here in WA, some of the hunting and fishing acts committed by tribal members are atrocities to say the least and the State DFW does jack to control them off the Res. Friends of mine have resorted to blocking roads on their private property to thwart tribal spotlighters poaching deer at night on their land from the favorite Indian horse, the F-150.
Looks like a Mulie of the old days! Super buck! I have a friend who booked an Osceola Turkey hunt with the Seminole Indian Reservation in Imokalee Florida. He was not at all pleased. They over booked the area and they left him in a blind on a pasture by himself, their excuse was not enough guides. He didn't see a turkey in 3 days. Never got his money back.
thats a big buck man is that thing on steroids
Nice Buck! What did it score? I was just curious because i did see a guy from idaho get a buck that looked like that!
what a beautiful deer, ive never hunted on reservations but i have fished on the cherokee reservation for trout, it was pretty good fishing.
ive shot a couple of nice mulies in s.d. but i havent hunted the resavations but they do have big ones every year, i hear about them getting shot every year,,big whitetails to, this year there was a 30 inch wide whitetail not to far from me shot on a resavation, theres been alot of mule deer shot there as big as the one on here or bigger.
Two friends and I went on a DIY deer hunt this year on the Standing Rock Reservation in SD.
Overall, I wasn't very satisified with the hunt. Within the reservation there are many areas that you are not allowed to hunt with a tribal liscense. These areas are not marked in any way and all you have to go by is a map. With few roads and other landmarks both on the ground and on the map to go by, trying to figure out where you can and cannot hunt was very, very difficult. Having never been there before I called the tribal office for some tips on areas to go, etc and they were not helpful at all.
If you could find it & figure out if you could hunt it or not, there was a lot of good country. If you knew someone out there who could recommend areas and tell you for sure where you can or cannot hunt or hired a guide to do the same, I'm sure it would be a much better experience.
I've blown more money in worse ways, but I won't be going back in the future.
If one of you have a wonderful experience hunting on tribal lands dealing with the characters who run it, let me know. I want to record it for posterior.
Another thing I'll add to my previous post after reading through all the other comments is that my particular hunt may have been unproductive and frustrating, but it was very affordable. The license was around $300 and they are sold on a first come, first served basis so there's no draw to worry about. The lodging around the area is affordable as well. That was definitely the biggest plus of the trip.
did someone say monster mulie----thats more like the grand daddy----awsome in any way you say it
I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
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I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
tüy dökücü flash oyunlar saç ekimi estetik cerrahi saç ekimi panik atak
I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
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You guys who have hunted the eservations in the past were you pleased and was the cost like our Federal Budget? To who should I contact to get information of the differet reservation that the average guy could hunt. A-Emal addreess would be appreciated.
I've bee to S but not to hunt. Are there a lot of Mulies in that state. I'm disabled/handicapped and can't wak but a very short distance, I usually stand hunt or hunt from my truck,as I have permits from all the Rocky Mtn States to do so. Any information helpful. Also, any you guys know the nw rules on Colorado Ranches in the E section alowing huntes to hunt for Lopes and Deer for a fee of $45.00 plus the state licenses. read a tad about it in one of my magazines, but forgot which one. I've hunted just south of Missoula, Mt for pst 6 years, and it appears that less game each year. I understand that lots of poaching taking pace there. Last year my wife and I were at about 7K feet and about 20 yds apart,she was glassig one Mtn and me another, a pair of small Mlies came by here running flat out, just on their tail was a Huge Cougar within a few leaps of catching one or both.Hd i seen this, there would have been one less cougar.We also saw many Wolf tracks and more cougar tracks, but fewer Elk than ever. Even fewer w-tails.Legal or not, we as hunters need to protest to whom-ever can help, and put the Wolf and Cougar on the shoot on site list. I talked with a official in the Game Dept lst fall after returning,but to no avail. I do believe they want us to kill what-ever wesee, as their supply of $$$ comes from us hunters. That may change, as the cost of a hunt is not a wish for christms item. I hate to spend 5K bucks to kill a medium w-tail,when I can kill 6 w-tail in my back 40, like the 10 and Son got 2 8's point last year, but you got to shoot accurate and long shots and its best to hunt the B/P season,in erly Oct.In closig, I'm in the market for a new B/P gun. The Traditions has caught my eye like the Pursuit "Break Action Series" or the Yukon-Drop Action. Any advice appreciated The Pursuit is about my choice now, but all guns catch my eye but not my bilfold.I;m 74 yrs old, and got a Bolt action, and it gets harder for me to get the new nipple onn the nipple each year, I use a nipple wrench mostly.Since I became disabled in 1990, hunting from a stand or truck, reading hunt storie and the few TV hunt shows keeps me going. Just love the outdoors, be glad when our weather breaks and Turkey season comes around, Good hunting guys, Shoot-um-straight and often..Frommthe 30-30 section of the South, and 06 for the Rockies.
Back to B/P Hunting. I use 100 grs of Pyrodex and 245 gr Powerbelt pointed Sabots. When i fire, there i lways some residue left in the bbl near the breech end. I;ve been told that the powder form will not do this, that it all will burn. I've also been told to swab out the bbl with a damp patch cloth after shooting the Powerbels that will clean the bbl? Any suggestions.
Are you sure this bucks pic hasn't been tampered with? Good lord man it is nice.
Also, I don't care what is done on tribal lands, none of my business, my forefathers screwed the native Americans enough.
How do you make this site as good as you do not understand my sites here so much like yours thanks olmasada site admin and nice boss.. ;)
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nice res buck.Ive seen a few of this caliber come off theFORT HALL res near blackfoot idaho.less pressure= bigger bucks.
Gunslinger,
I think you were asking about reservation ground in SD, but I'm not sure as your post had only an S. If your are,
you should contact me at logan.vandermay@gmail.com.
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Here in New Brunswick lands designated for Native hunting are strictly reserved for native use only.That aside what a trophy mulie.
I hate to keep bringing it up, but I am going to anyway. I live within 175 miles of at least 6 different reservations. I realize the implications of the Boldt decision and what the effects of are around fishing in the NW. The tribes are finally coming to the table with the fishing. What I see within 30 miles of my home is the slaughter of lots of spike bull elk by tribal members that are they only one's I am eligible to harvest without one of the 2 permits the state has been gracious enough to grant. This is after several years of public outcry about the shooting 300 minimum bulls.I own land next to a res. and have seen Huge Whitetail and have waited for them to come off because i cant touch. A mulie of this magnitude is worthy of great recognition but for it to be exclusively for "natives unless you are loaded sits like a tumor to me.
Beautiful animal but you know this has to be in the back of the majorities mind.
thats a big buck man is that thing on steroids
what a beautiful deer, ive never hunted on reservations but i have fished on the cherokee reservation for trout, it was pretty good fishing.
Haven't hunted reservation ground, but MAN is that an AWESOME MULEY!!
What a monster!
huge mule deer
Very impressive rack! Love to have that hanging at my place.
Cool buck, congratulations.
Amazing mule deer!
I agree it sucks that people can buy animals like this but that is why the boone and crocket and pope and young have the fair chase. If this deer was paid for then all the guy has to show for it is alor less money and an incredible mount no records. Thats the only saving grace for a middle class hunter who does his homework and hunts hard and doesnt have a black credit card. All that aside that is an impessive deer.
I live 20 miles from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and to get a permit for a "non native" is crazy, not to mention way out of my teacher's wages league. You kind of have to know people to cut the red tape. Seems they would want to use this resource to provide some jobs to an area that has the highest poverty rate per cap in the nation. They do have some great mule deer and whitetail hunting though if you can on.
It looks like a moose!
Looks like a Mulie of the old days! Super buck! I have a friend who booked an Osceola Turkey hunt with the Seminole Indian Reservation in Imokalee Florida. He was not at all pleased. They over booked the area and they left him in a blind on a pasture by himself, their excuse was not enough guides. He didn't see a turkey in 3 days. Never got his money back.
Nice Buck! What did it score? I was just curious because i did see a guy from idaho get a buck that looked like that!
ive shot a couple of nice mulies in s.d. but i havent hunted the resavations but they do have big ones every year, i hear about them getting shot every year,,big whitetails to, this year there was a 30 inch wide whitetail not to far from me shot on a resavation, theres been alot of mule deer shot there as big as the one on here or bigger.
Wow!
I have never hunted a reservation but a frequently overlooked place int eh US is the Military Bases scattered throughout the US. With little effort you can hunt almost all of them.
Awesome pictures!!!
He looks like a mean one with that scar on his nose!
Good night he's a beast. However, I wonder how tall the guy is standing behind him. Kind of distorts the picture...
That thing is huge!, Very nice!
I am part native so i can hunt on the reservation when i want. and it is an awesome experience because there is so much more deer it seems here than on public lands.
Wow is right. How big was that Mule?
Thats is HUGE! Got a good number of points on its rack too.
An awesome buck! What the tribes do on their lands is fine by me. Here in WA, some of the hunting and fishing acts committed by tribal members are atrocities to say the least and the State DFW does jack to control them off the Res. Friends of mine have resorted to blocking roads on their private property to thwart tribal spotlighters poaching deer at night on their land from the favorite Indian horse, the F-150.
Are you sure this bucks pic hasn't been tampered with? Good lord man it is nice.
Also, I don't care what is done on tribal lands, none of my business, my forefathers screwed the native Americans enough.
nice res buck.Ive seen a few of this caliber come off theFORT HALL res near blackfoot idaho.less pressure= bigger bucks.
Gunslinger,
I think you were asking about reservation ground in SD, but I'm not sure as your post had only an S. If your are,
you should contact me at logan.vandermay@gmail.com.
Whats that one of those twenty thousand dollars or am i low balling it? Makes me sick.The golden rule,he who has the gold makes the rules.
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Two friends and I went on a DIY deer hunt this year on the Standing Rock Reservation in SD.
Overall, I wasn't very satisified with the hunt. Within the reservation there are many areas that you are not allowed to hunt with a tribal liscense. These areas are not marked in any way and all you have to go by is a map. With few roads and other landmarks both on the ground and on the map to go by, trying to figure out where you can and cannot hunt was very, very difficult. Having never been there before I called the tribal office for some tips on areas to go, etc and they were not helpful at all.
If you could find it & figure out if you could hunt it or not, there was a lot of good country. If you knew someone out there who could recommend areas and tell you for sure where you can or cannot hunt or hired a guide to do the same, I'm sure it would be a much better experience.
I've blown more money in worse ways, but I won't be going back in the future.
If one of you have a wonderful experience hunting on tribal lands dealing with the characters who run it, let me know. I want to record it for posterior.
Another thing I'll add to my previous post after reading through all the other comments is that my particular hunt may have been unproductive and frustrating, but it was very affordable. The license was around $300 and they are sold on a first come, first served basis so there's no draw to worry about. The lodging around the area is affordable as well. That was definitely the biggest plus of the trip.
did someone say monster mulie----thats more like the grand daddy----awsome in any way you say it
I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
tüy dökücü flash oyunlar saç ekimi estetik cerrahi saç ekimi panik atak
I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
tüy dökücü flash oyunlar saç ekimi estetik cerrahi saç ekimi panik atak
I want to say a thing about this post. I really like it! i was searching it and i found. Now i am so happy i cannot tell it with words and sentences. Thanks a lot. God bless you ;)
estetik koçluk kişisel gelişim
You guys who have hunted the eservations in the past were you pleased and was the cost like our Federal Budget? To who should I contact to get information of the differet reservation that the average guy could hunt. A-Emal addreess would be appreciated.
I've bee to S but not to hunt. Are there a lot of Mulies in that state. I'm disabled/handicapped and can't wak but a very short distance, I usually stand hunt or hunt from my truck,as I have permits from all the Rocky Mtn States to do so. Any information helpful. Also, any you guys know the nw rules on Colorado Ranches in the E section alowing huntes to hunt for Lopes and Deer for a fee of $45.00 plus the state licenses. read a tad about it in one of my magazines, but forgot which one. I've hunted just south of Missoula, Mt for pst 6 years, and it appears that less game each year. I understand that lots of poaching taking pace there. Last year my wife and I were at about 7K feet and about 20 yds apart,she was glassig one Mtn and me another, a pair of small Mlies came by here running flat out, just on their tail was a Huge Cougar within a few leaps of catching one or both.Hd i seen this, there would have been one less cougar.We also saw many Wolf tracks and more cougar tracks, but fewer Elk than ever. Even fewer w-tails.Legal or not, we as hunters need to protest to whom-ever can help, and put the Wolf and Cougar on the shoot on site list. I talked with a official in the Game Dept lst fall after returning,but to no avail. I do believe they want us to kill what-ever wesee, as their supply of $$$ comes from us hunters. That may change, as the cost of a hunt is not a wish for christms item. I hate to spend 5K bucks to kill a medium w-tail,when I can kill 6 w-tail in my back 40, like the 10 and Son got 2 8's point last year, but you got to shoot accurate and long shots and its best to hunt the B/P season,in erly Oct.In closig, I'm in the market for a new B/P gun. The Traditions has caught my eye like the Pursuit "Break Action Series" or the Yukon-Drop Action. Any advice appreciated The Pursuit is about my choice now, but all guns catch my eye but not my bilfold.I;m 74 yrs old, and got a Bolt action, and it gets harder for me to get the new nipple onn the nipple each year, I use a nipple wrench mostly.Since I became disabled in 1990, hunting from a stand or truck, reading hunt storie and the few TV hunt shows keeps me going. Just love the outdoors, be glad when our weather breaks and Turkey season comes around, Good hunting guys, Shoot-um-straight and often..Frommthe 30-30 section of the South, and 06 for the Rockies.
Back to B/P Hunting. I use 100 grs of Pyrodex and 245 gr Powerbelt pointed Sabots. When i fire, there i lways some residue left in the bbl near the breech end. I;ve been told that the powder form will not do this, that it all will burn. I've also been told to swab out the bbl with a damp patch cloth after shooting the Powerbels that will clean the bbl? Any suggestions.
How do you make this site as good as you do not understand my sites here so much like yours thanks olmasada site admin and nice boss.. ;)
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