Well I headed out of town to check out an area I have never been to before. I only got in a couple of miles and had to set up camp in the dark. The morning view was better.
I found a group of 8 bucks right away, but they were down the mountain and I wanted to go up. Did not see much up high, but between Axl and me, we made a hell of a racket crossing the rocks.
Not exactly nose bleed country, but pretty high for my part of the country. We had an early lunch at 6,700' and enjoyed the view.
On the way back to the pickup, I tried to find where I had seen some bucks bed earlier in the morning. It was a very small tree patch, but the only cover on the hill. I got to about 150 yards and could see nothing at first and then finally I saw some antler tips. The wind was right, but on the steep, rock-slide slope it was pretty tough to sneek in. His ears were working overtime as well.
Between Axl and me, he finally had enough and stood up.
He know something was wrong, but wasn't sure what was going on. He hung around for awhile and gave me some shots.
This guy was with the group I had seen from 1/2 mile in the morning, so I waited for the rest of the deer. Apparently the hiding spot was only large enough for three and they eventually showed themselves.
I had to GPS the spot, because it looks like this has been a long term hiding spot. The bed are dug in so deep, it is hard to see them unless you are right on top of them.
I don't know if there is anyway I can get on this guy with a bow, but he may be worthy of a rifle tag if I can't find anything bigger.
I found a group of 8 bucks right away, but they were down the mountain and I wanted to go up. Did not see much up high, but between Axl and me, we made a hell of a racket crossing the rocks.
Not exactly nose bleed country, but pretty high for my part of the country. We had an early lunch at 6,700' and enjoyed the view.
On the way back to the pickup, I tried to find where I had seen some bucks bed earlier in the morning. It was a very small tree patch, but the only cover on the hill. I got to about 150 yards and could see nothing at first and then finally I saw some antler tips. The wind was right, but on the steep, rock-slide slope it was pretty tough to sneek in. His ears were working overtime as well.
Between Axl and me, he finally had enough and stood up.
He know something was wrong, but wasn't sure what was going on. He hung around for awhile and gave me some shots.
This guy was with the group I had seen from 1/2 mile in the morning, so I waited for the rest of the deer. Apparently the hiding spot was only large enough for three and they eventually showed themselves.
I had to GPS the spot, because it looks like this has been a long term hiding spot. The bed are dug in so deep, it is hard to see them unless you are right on top of them.
I don't know if there is anyway I can get on this guy with a bow, but he may be worthy of a rifle tag if I can't find anything bigger.
