by out4blood » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:41 pm
Look in the pinyon juniper zone. It is the transition area between the ponderosa pines and the desert grasslands. Find an area away from the roads, there will be a ton of road hunters in that unit. Get up high and glass. There are hundreds of tanks in 6A, check them for sign. I wouldn't hunt one specific tank, mulies can go three days without water and everybody with an atv will be driving up to the tanks. Find a highpoint where you can see multiple tanks and the travel corridors that funnel the deer to them. The area around Apache Maid mountain would be a good place to start, but there will probably be more than a few other hunters around there. Look for food species; oak, mountain mahogany, and cliffrose. Most important, get out there and scout, I would try to find two or three areas you want to hunt, there will be a lot of pressure up there that week.