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I found the following for Mule Deer in Texas at this website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwil...l_listing/

I assume that once the dates are finalized they will be very similar for 2013/14

Archery
In counties that have an open archery only season for that species. Sept. 29-Nov. 2, 2012

General
Panhandle (39 counties) Nov. 17-Dec. 2, 2012
Southwestern Panhandle (11 counties) Nov. 17-25, 2012
Trans-Pecos (19 counties) Nov. 23-Dec. 9, 2012

Just an observation, but you sure ask a lot of questions about mule deer hunting. Since you are posting these requests via computer I'm curious if you have tried actually looking for some of the info yourself. I'm certain the various game depts have a lot of info online. I know my native Colorado has just about every question you could think of asking on their website.

Spend some time doing google searches. You may be amazed how much you can dig up on your own.

Yo Flags,
Oh yea, I ask alot of questions. And I am going to ask alot more. I am sure some of these questions could be answered by going into the Fish and Game Dept of each state that I am considering. I am going to drop somewhere between $10,000.00 to $15,000.00 for that week for my wife and myself. I will try to know as much as possible to make what I feel is the right desision on where to go.
I am happy for you to live in Colorado and if it bothers you that I am asking questions then do not read my post. And by the way Colorado was the first state that I crossed off. I am sure that will make you happy.
Joe

A little testy ain't ya? But then, you are from Jersey. Everybody I ever met from Jersey was wound a little too tight.

I just think that something as simple as a season date would be easy to get if you are even the slightest computer literate. One thing I've noticed on these forums is that a lot of people come here and want everybody to hand feed them info when they never try to get it for themselves. I've seen people go as far as ask for personal hotspots etc... but they never think to actually go to the game depts. Websites exist for a reason.

Bottom line, a huge amount of info is readily available. All you have to do is search for it and then when you are armed with the info you can ask some specific questions. You might be amazed how helpful those of us that live in the west will be when you have done some of the leg work yourself. And it doesn't bother me one bit if you "crossed" Colorado off you list. Colorado has more mule deer in the record book than any other state and that just means one more buck available for someone else. I really doubt if anybody in Colorado is going to miss someone from New Jersey during hunting season. There will be plenty of Texans and Californians standing by to take your place.

Your loss. Not mine. I know I'll tag a muley this fall. Do you?

Yo flags.
Since I own 75 acres in south jersey I can shoot white tails any time I want. I just want to shoot something different. Have shot black bears and boar. Oh I also live 15 minutes from the ocean. This summer when I am 75 miles out in the ocean catching tuna and marlin,on my boat, I will give you a thought, but not much of one. The reason i am not going to Colorado is that I am not going to take my hunting safty course over again just to show someone in your state I have one. I have better things to do with my time and yours is not the only state with mule deer.

Hopefully this will be the last we discuss this with each other.
Joe
Oh my wife just told me we have three deer in the back yard, gotta get up and look

Be easy on those deer Joe.You never know when you really need meat...lol

Posted By JoeTermite on 08 Feb 2013 04:05 PM
Yo flags.
Since I own 75 acres in south jersey I can shoot white tails any time I want. I just want to shoot something different. Have shot black bears and boar. Oh I also live 15 minutes from the ocean. This summer when I am 75 miles out in the ocean catching tuna and marlin,on my boat, I will give you a thought, but not much of one. The reason i am not going to Colorado is that I am not going to take my hunting safty course over again just to show someone in your state I have one. I have better things to do with my time and yours is not the only state with mule deer.

Hopefully this will be the last we discuss this with each other.
Joe
Oh my wife just told me we have three deer in the back yard, gotta get up and look

Like I said, you really need to do a little research and be better informed.

Some of us may be willing to bend over backwards for you. And if you want to compare bragging rights, I can hunt as a resident in CO, VA and FL. I'm active duty Navy and CO is my offical home of record, VA is my duty station and FL is my home of residence. I've successfully hunted mule deer, whitetail deer, blacktail deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, wild boar, alligator in the USA and all were unguided hunts.  Other than the 3 states already mentioned I have hunted CA, NE, SD, MT, WY, TX, PA, DE, HI and KS.

I've  hunted 3 Canadian provinces and have made 5 safaris to Africa hunting 68 species of game in the Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Camaroon. I have tagged and relesed 5 marlin and have taken hundreds of tuna around the world. I also have to butcher a 7 pt buck today because deer season is strill going on in VA. Late archery doesn't end until March in the urban areas. Looks like I got you beat don't it? I'll eat my deer. You enjoy looking at your's.

While I'm carrying resident tags for elk, mule deer and pronghorn from CO, resident tags for deer and bear in VA, and resident tags from FL this fall or sitting on my buddy's boat catching stripers in Chesapeake Bay, I'll probably be having too much fun to think about you! But it is nice to know you will be thinking about me.

By the way, you just proved my point about not doing any research on your own. Colorado honors all hunter safety certificates from other states. If you have a NJ hunter safety certificate then you do not have to take the Colorado program. If you have lost the certificate then I'm pretty sure NJ would have a record of it and can provide you a duplicate. I lost a wallet once and got a duplicate hunter safety card in less than 10 minutes at the Division of Wildlife in Denver. If you put in for a drawing in CO, all you need is the number off the certificate. They don't even need a copy of it, just the number. Don't believe me, then take a look at this little nugget of info that took me all of 30 seconds to find:

Anyone born on or aft er Jan. 1, 1949, must have completed an approved hunter education course sanctioned by a state or province before applying for or purchasing a license. Colorado honors hunter education courses from other states and provinces.

That came straight out of the 2012 hunting regulations that are posted online at: http://wildlife.state.co.us/SiteCol...iggame.pdf

As I stated earlier I am not taking the test over again to hunt in Colorado. I was already aware of your 1949 law. But since I took my N.J. hunter education course when I was 14 in 1968 and the state records only go back to 1972 I would have to take the test over. So see you do not know everything. I have no intentions of hunting in Colorado.
So how do those states feel about you having resident hunting liscenses in three different states?
Oh you are fishing on your buddies boat??? You know what they say about buddies.
I have enough venision in my frig for my family, I do not need to kill any more.
And I have hunted and fished from the top of North america to the bottom of south america. Big deal Hoopdie do da.

"So how do those states feel about you having resident hunting liscenses in three different states?"
They don't have a problem with it. It is completely legal and one of the perks of being in the military. Matter of fact, if I was stationed in NJ at the Weapons Station I could hunt as a resident of NJ. Active Duty Military always get to hunt as residents of the states they are stationed in as well as their home states and states of residence. Guess you never served or you would know that is one of the benefits of military service.

"Oh you are fishing on your buddies boat??? You know what they say about buddies"
Yeah, I know what they say. Good friends make life a lot more enjoyable. I'm going to go out on a limb and surmise that you don't have many or you wouldn't ask such a foolish question.

'I have enough venision in my frig for my family, I do not need to kill any more.'
Me either but I'm not against laying in some extra meat to help some friends out. More of that buddy thing. Once my freezer is full I help out others. I bet that is a foreign concept to you.

'And I have hunted and fished from the top of North america to the bottom of south america. Big deal Hoopdie do da'
Then why did you try to brag in the first place? What does shooting deer, bear and boar have to do with the fact that you are unwilling to devote some effort in finding out things for yourself? Or was there another reason why you would post: "Have shot black bears and boar. Oh I also live 15 minutes from the ocean. This summer when I am 75 miles out in the ocean catching tuna and marlin,on my boat, I will give you a thought, but not much of one. Here's some advice, if you are going to brag, you may want to find out if the other guy has you beat before you start. Otherwise you end up looking a little foolish, like right now.

The more you post the more you make my point. And as I have already noted, I really don't care if you hunt Colorado or not. If you are willing to blow $10K hunting in states with inferior deer and genetics, then more power to you.

Posted By bigrig on 16 Feb 2013 10:55 AM

Ok you two.  Trying to best each other has run its course.  You are beginning to sound childish.  Put an end to it. 

Stay out of what doesn't concern you. This is none of your business and you ain't the webbie.

I was just trying to stop a potential bad arguement from starting.  You haven't been around as long as I or some of the other members have.  You haven't seen the web completely shut down because of bad argurments that get out of control with name calling.  You want to continue with that attitude. Then go for it.  You have already shown your true side with that last post.  From one vet to another.  chill out.

Posted By bigrig on 17 Feb 2013 08:49 AM 
You haven't been around as long as I or some of the other members have.  

You may want to check profiles. You and I are within a month of each other in joining this forum. So, I have been around as long as you and I have seen the forums shut down. But that was due to abusive language and insults. None of which have happened here.

Bottom line when I suggested the originator of the post go to the websites of the Game Depts and look for info he began to get pouty and overbearing. This happens all the time. People come on wanting info they can easily get themselves. It is called being lazy. I've been hunting the west my entire life and I have helped many people on this forum get into game. But only after they do some of the legwork. Asking this guy to do some of the legwork isn't out of the realm of reason. Especially for things like season dates. Anybody that can use google can do that.

And, the "conversation" was between him and me. You ain't involved in it and you sure as heck don't have the authority to tell any other member to quit a line of dialog or to "chill out". Until the rules of the forum are violated (which has not happened) I will post as I see fit. If you don't liike it, then don't read it. But do not assume for one minute that you can tell me what to do.

Hey BigRig, how you liking Tejas?

Hey Tom:  I feel like a caged tiger here.  I can't wait for my wife to retire from T.I. so we can go back to Az.  I can go out and hunt any time or place I want to.  Can't do that here. 
Flags: I can see your point.  Problem is .  It could have escalated into the name calling you were mentioning.  I was just trying to prevent that from happening.  You didn't have to come back being nasty.  If that is the way you come back at someone for trying.  Then, you have a problem.  Are you always that mean spirited?  I crossed up with someone not long ago myself.  Someone else did basically the same thing I did with you trying to stop it.  It made me think.  He was right. It was silly and stupid.  I didn't go back at him like you did with me with mind your own buisiness.  It's called respect and maturity.  I didn't show any disrespect to you.  I didn't appreciate the disrespect you showed me.  If the" beginning to sound childish 'seemed like disrespect.  It wasn't meant that way.  I was just trying to open your eyes to where the conversation was going.  And, I wasn't trying to tell you to do anything.  Just making a suggestion that enough was enough.  It shouldn't have to come from a webbie.   In case you didn't notice.  Joe termite stopped. Enough said on this subject from me.  If you still don't understand where I was coming from.  Well, sorry about that. I have done the same as you.  I applaud  you for helping someone out.  I really do see where you are coming from as far as the other people need to do they're own home work first.

Hey flags:  I just looked at the profiles like you said that I should.  The profiiles aren't accurate.  The reason for this is that the club redid the site.  That changed all the dates and the number of posts everyone had made.  Everyone started at zero posts all over again.  I have actually been on the site since 1998.   If you look at all the profiles.  I think you'll find that everyone started at basically the same time.  Cashman, Shiloh, and a few others had been on this long before I have.
Are you still in the military?  What branch, for how long?  What rank are you?

Posted By bigrig on 22 Feb 2013 07:24 AM
Hey flags:  I just looked at the profiles like you said that I should.  The profiiles aren't accurate.  The reason for this is that the club redid the site.  That changed all the dates and the number of posts everyone had made.  Everyone started at zero posts all over again.  I have actually been on the site since 1998.   If you look at all the profiles.  I think you'll find that everyone started at basically the same time.  Cashman, Shiloh, and a few others had been on this long before I have.
Are you still in the military?  What branch, for how long?  What rank are you?

I joined the forums in 1999. Like you, I was reset. I've been a life member of the club since 1993. So, you and I are not that far off. Like I said, I've seen the same things you have seen when it comes to the forums being shut down. And this thread is different because it did not involve insults or name calling.

And yes, I am still on active duty. I've been showing up for daily muster since Dec 1988. I'm a Navy Chief.

As to earlier, the last thing I want to do is get in pi$$ing contests. But look back to the response Joe Termite gave to my suggestion that he look to the game dept websites. His response was exactly what I would expect a punk from NJ to say. This is what he wrote: "I am happy for you to live in Colorado and if it bothers you that I am asking questions then do not read my post. And by the way Colorado was the first state that I crossed off. I am sure that will make you happy."
Such a response, when someone is actually giving good advice proves the originator is a fool. 

 He fired the first round, so, I feel justified in returning fire. And, like you said, he stopped and I stopped. There was no reason for you to chime in since the thread had died. Look at the gap between our post stopping and yours beginning. Nearly a week had expired. Therefore, the issue was dead until you revived it and began the name calling. Or do you not recall using the word "childish" and giving orders of "Put an end to it"? Sorry, but you simply do not have the authority to issue orders to other members, especially if you are not involved in the conversation.

I'm willing to let this topic die again. Are you?

Not everybody has the opportunity to on this thing every day.  If you'll notice. There are gaps in my posts of sometimes a week or more.  There are some others that are the same, close to being similar.  So a 4 day gap didn't seem enreasonable to me.  If you guys were done. Which, at the last post didn't sound like it.  Your right.  I should have stayed out of it.  I'm mature and man enough to admit where I'm wrong.  You did come on a bit strong though. Enough of that.  The reason I asked the questions that I asked was to put an end to it and put it behind us.  Shoot, you went in about 2 years after I got out. I got out on Nov.11,1986 after doing 15 years.   See if I can remember the  military way of doing the date.  11 Nov.1986. I was a Naval Reservist for 4 1/2 years as a cook in the SeaBees.  Then I transfered to the regular Army in artillery for another 9 1/2 years. I was 34 when I got out.  I'also a lifer in the club.