Poor Fool needs some advice and help for mule deer

I will be coming to Wyoming to hunt mule deer in mid-October. We will be hunting the Big Horn Mtns around area 25. I know this is not the best area of Wyoming for monster mulies, but I'm after the adventure as I am the kill. I have never been on a trip like this. My brother, 2 of his friends, and myself will be making this trip from Kentucky. Any advice you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated. I plan on hunting with a 25-06 with 120gr Federal Fusion. We will be camping out. Please tell me what things would be neccasary and what can be left at home. Again, Thanks for any help you can give

Darren
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You would do well to buy a book on the subject. "high country mule deer" by Mike Eastman or "Public land mulies" David Long.
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Thank you very much.
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I don't know your area first hand and the only advice I can give you is to identify feeding and bedding areas, and glass the edge cover between the two at deer thirty(very early morning or very late evening). Buy the best glass you can afford including a spotting scope. You can never use your binoculars enough. Not only in open country but in the quakies as well. When I hunt my local desert the junipers are thick and if there is water you can bet they are bedded near by but they elude most hunters because they dont use their glass enough. I have also learned in hunting nw colorado that the bucks will feed in the open but never more than a couple stots from the brush or pines. In my opinion if an area lacks edge cover I move on. Hope this helps. The big horns is a great place to hunt I have heard. The state record typical was picked up winter killed near Cody if I'm not mistaken.
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I have never been on any hunt of this magnitude and want to make the best of it. Thanks a bunch CODYCA. I'll be sure to keep it in mind. If your ever hunting close to KY give me a shout and I'll help all I can, maybe even take you hunting!!
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Also, be prepared for very cold wet weather. Even if it doesn't happen, you need to be prepared just the same and your hunt/campout will be that much more enjoyable.
good luck. If you could get pictures of the area , even copied off goggle earth. I could give you my best advice that way. I'm sure others could too.
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Thank you also. I was wrong the state record typical was killed in teton county in 1925 by an unknown hunter scored 217.
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I had a guy send me some pics and they had snow on the ground. It appears to be big rolling hills with meadow valleys and wooded/forest hills
"ridgetop" wrote:Also, be prepared for very cold wet weather. Even if it doesn't happen, you need to be prepared just the same and your hunt/campout will be that much more enjoyable.
good luck. If you could get pictures of the area , even copied off goggle earth. I could give you my best advice that way. I'm sure others could too.
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