Is this a Mule deer or Whitetail?

[Saltej_77]

Looks like a mulie to me, I have seen 2 at my place down 41 south of Junction. 2 over 20 years, but still.

[Shane]

Here is a pic of another yearling mule deer buck I took last fall on my lease in the Panhandle. They could be twins.

Yours is a long way from home. I think Terrell County (40-50 miles from you??) is probably the closest county to you that actually has a mule deer season. But there are probably a few stray mulies in Sutton County to the west of you.

If somebody on your lease decides to call it a whitetail during the youth season, I hope they don't get checked by a GW.

[saintsfan]

MD

[gingib]

muley...look at the tail

[Phillip Fields]

Hard to tell from the pic, but the tip of the tail looks white in the pic. Every mule deer I ever saw had a black tip to the tail.

[hoythitman]

Mule deer

[westtexducks]

That is a muley for sure. How many folks saying whitetail deer have been around muleys more than once or twice or ever seen the two standing next to each other?

[Shane]

Speaking of critters running around outside their normal home range.... I saw a javelina dead on the side of the road about a mile from my house here in Abilene today. It is laying in the ditch beside the access road off of I-20 at Loop 322. I saw it yesterday and thought it was a pig, but today I slowed down and took a better look at it. Definitely a collared peccary. That's the 2nd one I've seen here. First one was about 5 years ago on Hwy 351 a little past Wal-Mart.

[texas shag]

Speaking of critters running around outside their normal home range.... I saw a javelina dead on the side of the road about a mile from my house here in Abilene today. It is laying in the ditch beside the access road off of I-20 at Loop 322. I saw it yesterday and thought it was a pig, but today I slowed down and took a better look at it. Definitely a collared peccary. That's the 2nd one I've seen here. First one was about 5 years ago on Hwy 351 a little past Wal-Mart.

I have seen javalena outside Cisco as well....with nature weird things tend to happen occasionally!

As for the thread topic, I agree with you Shane. 100% Mulie.

[texasdeerhunter]

I'll say mule deer too, but way out of place. I don't have an explanation why he is in junction, but that sure looks like a mulie to me

[Lynn21]

Black tipped tail- mule deer.

[txoutdoorsman24]

Here is a pic of another yearling mule deer buck I took last fall on my lease in the Panhandle. They could be twins.

Yours is a long way from home. I think Terrell County (40-50 miles from you??) is probably the closest county to you that actually has a mule deer season. But there are probably a few stray mulies in Sutton County to the west of you.

If somebody on your lease decides to call it a whitetail during the youth season, I hope they don't get checked by a GW.

Wow. He sure looks like this picture you posted. Maybe he actually is a Muley. Suprised but cool. Maybe next year he'll be around. Not that I can shoot him. Just cool to see him in person.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Huge ears......black tip on tail......no white belly.......mule deer

[Shane]

Wow. He sure looks like this picture you posted. Maybe he actually is a Muley. Suprised but cool. Maybe next year he'll be around. Not that I can shoot him. Just cool to see him in person.

There is no question that your deer is a mule deer. It's definitely cool to see them expanding their range. I hope that is what is happening, and it's not just one lone deer that decided to go on a long walk.

[txoutdoorsman24]

There is no question that your deer is a mule deer. It's definitely cool to see them expanding their range. I hope that is what is happening, and it's not just one lone deer that decided to go on a long walk.

Me too. Be cool to see them on a regular basis.