Mule Vs White Tail ID Flash Cards - online resource?

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Lee_Enfield_Lover

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Hey everybody,

I'm still not 100% confident I can get the identification of white tail vs. mule deer down - yes I've read everything I can and keep looking at photos, hunter safety, etc. However, SOMEWHERE, SOMEBODY must have been smart enough to put together a little online flash/java written program with hundreds of white tail vs. mule deer pictures where you can click which one you think it is, give you a score at the end type of thing. I've never found anything like that. Short of making one myself and already knowing which one is which...

Can anyone point me to a resource like that?

- P
 
Then you go hunting where I grew up in Alberta and you have white tails with mule heads and mule deer with white tail heads all in the same field. And are they ever hard to bow hunt as they have the instincts of both. F&W used to let us use what ever tag we had as there was no way to do it anyother way.
 
Clever idea, but why go to the trouble indoors, when educating yourself outdoors is more fun?

Habitat is a huge factor. Most Mules I've shot have been on open fields, not forests.

Colour of the coat. Gray vs gray brown.

Gait and running. Mules look positively comical with their spring-spring-spring running. Some Saskatchewan old timers call whitetails, jumpers. It makes sense.

Reactions. Mules are curious. Whitetails will flag and FLOCK off in an instant.

Ears. A Mule's ears are round. Whitetail ears will lay back.

Tails. A Mule's tail is short and black like a puppy dog. A flagging whitetail is instantly recognizable. They will flick their tails all the time, but once the tail goes up, the others will take notice and start to run.
 
Problem is that the Mules and Whites are in the same patch of field... I'm hunting in Alberta wheat/soy/canola fields. Thanks for the replies on the differences - I get those. I just need to see example after example to push the difference visually through my thick skull. Any idea of a resource?

And yes - more time outdoors works too. I just can't always be there.
- P
 
Then you go hunting where I grew up in Alberta and you have white tails with mule heads and mule deer with white tail heads all in the same field. And are they ever hard to bow hunt as they have the instincts of both. F&W used to let us use what ever tag we had as there was no way to do it anyother way.
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It most certainly is not acceptable to use whichever tag you happen to possess.Tagging a mule deer with a whitetailed tag, just because the antlers are not forked, will result in you being charged. Don't do anything as stupid as trying to determine species based only on the head or antlers. The only reliable way to determine species from a distance is to look at the rump. If the deer has the large white rump with the skinny white tail, with a black tip on it, it is legally considered a mule deer, regardless of what type of antlers it has.
 
Whitetail are scared of people, mule deer are as dumb as a post. Ive had a mule deer bouncing straight for me while shooting at one, I kept missing because I was laughing so hard while trying to shoot. He kept bouncing closer and closer while bullets shot between his legs as he bounced like an idiot, I could of just threw the gun at him. Me and my brother had tears we were laughing so hard. They are very easy to tell the difference though, huge ears and ass on mule deer, and dumber than all hell.
 
Get your binos/spotter and a pair of boots. Head out and look for deer, study them and you will quickly learn them apart.

Time in the field is better than any thing on the net
 
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