Hunting Mules

[joe.marcus]

Hi

I am going on a mule hunt in Alberta. This year I got the draw from a mule buck and doe. The area is mostly farm land and I am planning on hunting from a ground blind. I need some help on choosing a scent eliminator. I am also wondering if a doe scent will bring in mule bucks? What doe scent is good for mule bucks? Also should I be rattling or using some other call? I need some advise. Thanks

p.s. I will be hunting during rut season.

[Cariboo]

Don't worry too much about scents. The does will be looking for food and shelter. The bucks will be looking for does.

Find a spot where the does have been feeding and find a spot where you can sit and watch. Set it up so you are in a cross-wind situation and be very careful about you movement. (More deer have been spooked by a careless hand waving and head bobbing than by scent)

When the does show up there may be younger bucks with them but if you are looking for a big old fellow watch the area downwind of the does. The old bucks will be there checking the air currents to see if any does have come into heat.