The Draw Another Mule Deer attracting habitat is the brushy draw. The typical draw has Plumb Thickets of as little as 24 inches high to 15 feet covering various amounts of area, any of it may hide one or more Mule Deer. It is surprisingly how little cover is required to hide several Mule Deer from observation to as close as 50 yards. This type of habitat is typical to our Mule Deer hunting areas in NW Kansas and stands in contrast with the open Mule Deer habitat in our SC Kansas region. Scouting such an area relies on eyes on movement observation mostly at early morning and targeting trails that will appear well used due to Mule Deer's highly habitual movement pattern. This entire draw lacks any tree stand trees requiring the Mule deer hunter to rely on ground blinds or stalking a significantly different hunting method compared to that of our most successful whitetail hunters.. The yellow sign is a Mid-America Hunting Association sign marking our leased land. The Thicket
The high grass and head high plum thickets that serve as the primary Mule Deer bedding areas in the sparsely treed western Kansas both north and south. This one is particularly good as the low hills surround the thicket protect from the wind. While the picture appears to include easily traversed habitat the reality of the Plumb Thicket is that it is every bit difficult to move through except by trails that may be as little as tunnels where a hunter must crouch to walk through to that of wide open paths suitable for a slow, quite stalk. However, to attempt to traverse off trail through a thicket will quickly educated the hunter and all Mule Deer within earshot. The tree shown in this picture is typical of what may be employed during the season for those lucky to get a Mule Deer tag. This tree is as small as it looks at its location on the top of the small sandy ridge is the highest point on this lease. Its disadvantage is clear as any hunter standing in it will readily expose himself from any direction on this land. Between that of our Whitetail and our Mule Deer hunting it is during Mule Deer season that the hunter will feel more comfortable stalking for his deer and do so in a good pair of leather walking boots. The Mule Deer and the habitat they occupy drives this hunting technique.
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