Hunting the many Mule Deer at the Solitude is an experience that you have to try at least 6 times in your life. We offer the best of both worlds when it comes to hunting our Mule Deer. Try your luck at spot and stalk, which is highly successful here, or hunt them out of a tree-stand or ground blind. Our Mule Deer like to bed along the red rock lined canyons that offer them the perfect cool place to hang out during the heat of the day. This gives any dedicated spot and stalk hunter, a huge advantage, by simply slipping along the top, and peaking over the edge, only to find an unsuspecting Mule Deer buck bedded below. We’ve had several hunters take advantage of this opportunity in between their morning, and evening treestand set-up.  The way the canyons are laid out makes it very easy to set a blind, or stand in a funnel that is primarily made up of one of only a few trails that allow the deer to enter or exit the Alfalfa fields/Food Plots that set above the Canyons. Although you may find yourself playing musical stands, trying to predict which trail they’ll use this time, eventually you’ll catch up with them and bag your trophy Wyoming Mule Deer.

The terrain along these canyons consist of vertical rock walls that lead down to a series of cool shady benches that are ideal for Mule Deer or Whitetails to bed. Lined with Ponderosa Pine trees and pockets of Burr Oak, makes this habitat the preferred place to be by the game that calls Northeast Wyoming their home. Come daylight or dusk the trails that lead in and out of the canyons become like highways for the game. If you take every precaution with your scent and play the wind right, you’ll have great success. 

The early September season allows hunters to take advantage of the bachelor groups of bucks that tend to stay together all day. In fact in most cases the buck’s bed away from the doe’s, which makes stalking even more successful. Later in November, and into December the bucks are on the chase and this is the time you can see that truly magnificent trophy of a lifetime. Again, having the Black Hills as a somewhat Sanctuary, due to it’s thick pines, and vast hills, makes the possibilities of seeing a giant Wyoming Mule Deer credible.

Your hunt will begin when you check in at the rustic looking Hulett Motel, where you will take care of any paper work, tags, and meet up with your guide. Our guides will be available to go over property boundaries, hunt strategies, tree-stand set up, blind set up, pick up and drop off at hunting locations, and will lend a hand in field dressing. Your trophy will age nicely in our walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer. All hunters will be responsible for game care, and meat processing, as well as taxidermy.

MULE DEER HUNTING DATES & RATES:

Mule Deer Archery Hunt:
Season Dates: Sept. 1st, 2010 thru Sept 30th, 2010 and Nov. 1st, 2010 thru Nov. 30th, 2010.
5 Day Hunt: (Either Mule Deer or Whitetail) $3500.00
Additional Doe/Fawn ( If Tags are Available ): $250.00 EA.

Mule Deer Muzzleloader Hunt:
Season Dates: Nov. 1st, 2010 thru Nov. 30th, 2010
5 Day Hunt: (Either Mule Deer or Whitetail) $4200.00
Additional Doe/Fawn ( If Tags are Available ): $250.00 EA.

Antelope/Deer Combo Archery Hunt:
Season Dates: Sept 1st, 2010 thru Sept. 30th, 2010 and Oct. 29th, 2010 thru Nov 20th, 2010
6 Day Hunt: $4500.00
Additional Doe/Fawn ( If Tags are Available ): $250.00 EA.

Antelope/Deer Combo Muzzleloader Hunt:
Season Dates: Oct 29th, 2010 thru Nov 20th, 2010
6 Day Hunt: $5900.00
Additional Doe/Fawn ( If Tags are Available ): $250.00 EA.

Add a Turkey to Any Deer or Antelope Hunt: $600.00 (Tom) OR $300.00 (Hen)

Non-Hunting Guests:  $250.00 Per Day