[Badgerbadger]

I've been hunting the coulees of 118 for 20 yrs or so.

I go in as close to the start of a coulee as I can, and slowly walk the floor of it, as it gets steeper and deeper and joins up with other coulees. I walk about 10 steps and stop and look/listen. If I'm going into a big coulee, I get over the edge and down to the bottom as quickly as reasonable.

Years ago, an old guy told me "If you're not seeing anything, slow down. If you see them running away, go slower." It's good advice, when you're still-hunting.

You'll bump something, but if you're moving slow and calm and quiet they usually stop to look. Most of my mulies have been taken under 150yds. If you bump them and they run, they tend to go 2 or 3 coulees over, then circle back. They like to bed in the thicker brush at the bottoms of the coulees, or in the brush about 30ft down from the rim, so as you're ambling along always be prepared for something to stand up. If there's one deer, there's more deer so if you scare one away there's a couple more wondering what the fuss was about.