Mule deer anatomy

[tamure]

I've found a zillion things online regarding whitetail deer anatomy. Can't find anything showing anatomy of a mule deer.

Are they any different?

[Shaun]

Bout the same as a whitetail. You hit them in the same spot with your arrow.

Mule deer seem to be more visually oriented than whitetails - perhaps because they inhabit more open terrain. They will see you move.

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

If I'm not mistaken, Mule deer are a hybrid between Blacktail and Whitetail deer. I think you'll find that despite the different size, placement of organs in relation to physical landmarks will be the same. In otherwords, aim in the same place you would for whitetail and you'll put a Mule deer down no problem.

[tamure]

Thank you. I've never hunted whitetail; all I know is mule deer. I suspected they were virtually the same, but wanted to be sure instead of just assuming.

[calgarychef]

You can take almose any "deer shaped" animal in the world and the anatomy is the same or pretty close.  An arrow just behind the houlder and 1/3 up is lethal for most things.

the chef

[tamure]

Prolly sounded like a dumb question, but I was reading an article on how mule deer stot instead of run, i.e., bound with all four feet hitting the ground at once. I've watched at least my fair share of bounding muleys... heading off across the hill.    :rolleyes:  

Since that's such a different motion, it made me wonder if their front shoulders were the same or not.