Colorado Mule Deer Camp Part 3

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Drawn West

Drawn West with Brian Krebs

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Drawn West is for the hunters who load the truck each fall — chasing bugles, big country, and something deeper than just filling a tag. Host Brian Krebs dives into tag strategies, gear prep, and real-world advice to help non-resident hunters make the most of limited time out West. Each episode features expert guests and gritty stories from hunters you’ve never heard of — the kind who get it done with one week, one tag, and no excuses.

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Colorado Mule Deer Camp Part 3

Drawn West

34 minutes 41 seconds

2 weeks ago

Colorado Mule Deer Camp Part 3

Brian and Abby are rolling home from Colorado (in the truck, somewhere around Iowa) wrapping Part 3 of their Colorado mule deer trip—and how the last stretch of the hunt actually played out. They break down a “mid-hunt sanity hack” (a rec center day pass for a legit shower), why they stayed committed to the same productive spot instead of gambling on new ground, and the one mistake that made the day feel way harder than it needed to be: forgetting the bino harness with all the critical little stuff in it.

The back half is the real meat—spotting two shooter bucks transitioning near private, making a 400-yard play on a solid public-land 3x3, and what happened after the first miss: follow-up shots, closing distance, and making sure the finish was quick and ethical. They wrap with pack-out lessons, why good packs matter, and the bigger takeaway: sometimes whitetail patience is the best mule deer strategy when deer are filtering off private.

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00:00 Drawn West intro + headed home

00:41 Part 3 context + Minnesota season overlap

01:50 Day 5 reset + the rec center shower hack

03:12 Staying with the same spot vs gambling new ground|

04:38 Forgot bino harness + why it mattered

08:21 Spotting shooters + the public-land 3x3 appears

12:04 Decision time: shoot now or wait for bigger

13:23 Shot sequence, follow-ups, and ethics

19:26 Pack-out realities + why good packs matter

23:55 Biggest takeaways: whitetail patience + tripod shift

33:22 Final wrap: heading home + “stay drawn”