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The closest I have taken a whitetail is about 15 yds, but on Muledeer, I have taken many good bucks at less than 10-15 feet!

In West Texas, and New Mexico,we do what is called PONY TRAILING! The drill is to climb a mountain early in the morning, to the top, to get above the Muleys! The mountains of the Sanoran Deasert, have what is called "PONY TRAILS" which are 10-30 foot layers of rock out cropings that run more or less paralell along the sides of the mountain face, at verious elevations. There is a narrow, flat surface, along the top of these PONY TRAILS, where you can walk quietly. To hunt these you simply walk along them and look over the side, for bedded deer against the bluff base. No matter how cold it is, the Muleys will bed on the shady side of a canyon, or west side of a mountian, in the late morning. These shots are in the 10 foot range most times! A 41 mag handgun is the top choice! However, I still carry a little Mannlicher Shoenauer 243Win with 100 gr Hornady soft points, loaded to about 3000fps, for the cross canyon shots!