Thread: Owen Gets His Buddy a Nice Mulie

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

That's a perfect representation of a "dang good mulie buck" for sure. Congrats!! I'm wondering what are his/their thoughts on hunting in the US vs hunting NZ? Besides the difference hunting sage vs the hell thick stuff in NZ of course

We have far fewer deer, and they're in Wide Open spaces, but they know how to use cover. A lot of stalks can cover miles, just to find you passed them as they appear 1,000 yards behind and going like hell to the top of a ridge. We do buck brush in deep canyons and on ridges with thick mountain mahogany, a tough low bush/tree that axes bounce off of.

Most hunters here would have trouble with your thick habitat; it's like the west side of the Sierra NV mountains in California. Your mountains are steeper than the Sierras. The foothills there have madrone and poison oak that will have you red and scratching like poison ivy.

Our elevations are tough on a lot of flatlanders. Hunting at 6,000 to 9,000 feet in steep mountains with thick juniper, pinion, aspen, and mahogany isn't for sissies. Your country and my state aren't for sissies.