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Well as far as hunting both seasons, you may or may not get that choice this year depending on what happens with the regs.

You got some really good advice above. The winters have been mild and there are lots of mulies around. My advice is go for a drive down south the very next day you have off. Mulies like steep coulees and riverbanks. Look at a map, pick a spot and take your binos and spotting scope. If you do this as a rifle hunt, it's not hard to tag out in 5 days or less if you've scouted.

That being said, Nube is a guide and while he is correct as far as 160s being around, he can take a lot more time to do this than most of us can afford. It gets significantly more diffcult once you set your sights higher. 170 is hard to find, 180 requires a full time effort, you probably won't just walk into one. Anything bigger requires higher priority and a whole bunch of things going right. There's just not that many deer that get that big, much like most whitetails will never be more than an 8 point.