During this year’s early muzzleloader mule deer hunt I learned a lot about stalking deer and managed to get within 30-40 yards of a bedded down buck after a very long stalk.   I had spotted this deer from over a mile away at just the time it was getting ready to bed down.  I’d already blown two stalks where I only had gotten to about 100 yards from the animal and this time I was very careful and managed to get much closer.  I just forgot one final part in the process of stalking a deer and took one step too many busting the deer but still it was an experience I probably won’t forget and I learned many lessons from it.  I’m now getting ready for late season and was thinking back on the early season hunt and the things I need to remember later this month to be successful.

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