Wade Johnson Outfitting (WJO) has some of the finest Arizona mule deer hunting guides in the business that are committed to making your next Arizona mule deer hunting trip the very best it can be. Wade and his guide staff spend countless hours in the field prior to and during the seasons finding the better areas and eliminating the non productive ones so as to optimize their hunter's chances of success. WJO hunts numerous mule deer hotspots in Arizona including the famed Arizona Strip and Kaibab
regions, as well as, Arizona Game Management Units (GMU) 42, 44A and 20C to name a few.
   WJO has some fantastic archery, muzzleloader and rifle hunts available in the state of Arizona. Whether you are a beginning hunter or a seasoned trophy hunter, WJO has an Arizona mule deer hunt for you.

Mule Deer Info
Mule Deer have large ears that move constantly and independently, from whence they get their name, "Mule" or "Burro Deer." They do not run as other deer, but have a peculiar and distinctive bounding leap (stotting) over distances up to 8 yards, with all 4 feet coming down together. In this fashion, they can reach a speed of 45 m.p.h. for short periods.

This stocky deer with sturdy legs is 4 to 6-1/2 feet in length and 3 to 3-1/2 feet high at the shoulder. During the summer, the coat on its upper body is yellow- or reddish-brown, while in winter more gray. The throat patch, rump patch, inside ears and inside legs are white with lower portions running cream to tan. A dark V-shaped mark, extending from a point between the eyes upward and laterally is characteristic of all Mule Deer but is more conspicuous in males.

Males are larger than females. The bucks' antlers, which start growth in spring and are shed around December each year, are high and branch forward, forking equally into 2 tines with a spread up to 4 feet.

The Mule Deer is slower and less colorful than the White-tailed Deer, but its pastel, gray-buff color provides a physical adaptation to the desert environment which disguises it from predators like the Cougar, the Coyote and the eagle who will swoop down on a fawn.

Mule Deer have no canine teeth and, like the cow, have a multi-part stomach, the first two chambers of which act as temporary storage bins. Food stored here can be digested later when the deer chews its cud.