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Hunting Open-Country Mule Deer

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I am an avid mule deer hunter and an even more avid reader. I have easily read more than fifty books and guides on hunting both mule and whitetail deer. Dwight Schuh has written what I believe to be the "handbook of all hanndbooks" on hunting mule deer that everyone should own! Many hunting books are vague and tell only of the great hunts and trophies that the author or his associates have harvested. Dwight Schuh's book is the complete opposite. His book is written as if you are sitting together by a camp fire and talking about what he believes are the essentials to hunting the mule deer. He includes errors he made as well as the tactics that work. It is a "real" hunting book with invaluable information. So many of the examples I would read and say to myself, "Yep, I've definately experienced that!" At this stage in my hunting and reading career, I didn't think I would ever find a book that could teach me so much and be so easy to understand. I have read through it several times and it now looks like a reference book with all the highlighted areas and writing in the margins. I would like nothing more than to be able to communicate with Dwight Schuh on a professional hunting level; if not only to gain more insight into the mule deer and it's behavior than to build an even deeper respect for a tophy animal that gives me life!

I have been hunting mule deer for the last fifteen years. I read this book after hunting these deer for about eight or so years. I have found it to be the most complete book available about finding and stalking mule deer. It also goes indepth in equipment, scouting, tactics that really work and hunting the different seasons. Schuh bowhunts but this book can be used by all hunters, rifle and bow. It also will help you narrow down areas in which to hunt if you are going to an area you've never been before. You will maximize hunting time by learning where to start looking. It will cut down wandering all over the mountains looking for deer that usually are in small pockets. If planning an out of state hunt or just starting out hunting, this book is worth its weight in gold. I can not say enough positive things about this book. Schuh also publishes other books that are extremely well written and easy to read as well as useful.

I enjoyed this book immensly. I used some of his tactics this season and it was "succesful." I saw more deer this year than in any other year using the tactics from the book. However, I blew my chance which is no fault of the authors.

You will enjoy the book and find the tactics useful.

Good Hunting!

This is a solid read with excellent examples of the information provided for someone like me who is on the verge of their first western hunts. There is nothing fancy or high dollar here at all, which I found very refreshing in this world of magazine articles where thousands of dollars paid at a fenced in farm allows trophy "hunting". It is a book that I will read again.

I found this book very useful. The book is targeted toward bowhunting but the techniques are useful for any other hunting technology you'd care to apply to deer hunting. It does not try to cover all aspects of deer hunting (tracking, weapon choice and ballistics) what it covers is a technique for locating, spotting, stalking, and close approaching big bucks in wide open country. I found the style to be sort of down home but not in an irritating way. And his style does not get in the way of conveying the vital information in this book.

I really enjoyed Hunting Open-Country Mule Deer by Dwight Schuh. Dwight described his tactics for stalking mule deer so straight forward that anyone could do it. I hope to try his tactics in the near future. I must admit stalking an animal, within 50 yards, is something that I have never tried. I look forward to the success that he practically guarantees. I highly recommend this book. Dwight doesn't try to make everything sound like a bed of roses; he tells it like it is. After reading several of his books, I have come to appreciate his straight forwardness, honesty and dedication to bowhunting.

This is a good book for bowhunters that like to hunt in the early seasons. Doesnt go much into rifle hunting or rifle hunting seasons in which deer tend to be more in the timber. At least thats what I got out of it because he doesnt actually say so. He doesnt really say anything about the regular gun season. Most of his hunts are late summer. Not a bad book though easy to read and understand, just not what I was looking for.

I'm going on my 1st Mule Deer hunt this fall. DIY.

Quick delivery, book in great shape.

If you are looking for a book on hunting mule deer in the open country, then this book is for you. Dwight Schuh concentrates on describing tactics used in the high desert and goes into detail on spotting and stalking deer out in the open. Even though some of the gear that he lists is outdated, the tips and tactics that he offers are priceless and you will learn a lot from them. It's an easy to read book with lots of personal examples showing his successes and failures delivered to us in a plain, easy to understand language. If you hunt in the open country, this book is for you.

I've learned a whole lot about this author's method for open country game. It was easy to understand and now we'll see how well I can apply it in practice. the book is well worth the money for the read.