Wife and I drew deer tags in ID again. We know the unit quite well as we have hunted it and scouted it quite abit over the last 6 years. We scouted a few trips this summer and hung a cam in a good spot that always has deer. Didn’t see a whole lot scouting as each trip was scorching hot and figured the deer were tucked away in the timber and shade. A scouting trip in early October I began to worry as I still was not seeing much at all, hiked into cam and there was nothing to get excited over. October 17 rolled around and I hunted solo for 5 days and spent countless hours behind the glass to turn up 7 does in one group and 25” 3x4 I passed on. Getting discouraged I decided to leave 2 days early. Following weekend I returned with the wife and she wanted that 3x4, so we glassed the area where they were from over a mile away and found them in same spot . We had a game plan for the morning hunt .
Got up early to make our way down the mountain to the benches the deer were on the night before and they were still there. There was a small knob blocking the bowl they were in, so we crept over and no deer! Moved a little further down and noticed they are right below us at 140 yards and no way to move or get her a shot. I noticed the buck was not the 3x4 it was a 3x2 now with the herd.They moved into a bottom and crossed onto another hillside and still there was no way to get the gun rested on the super steep hillside. We decided to just let them feed over the ridge and let them bed. This turned into a long day of looking for them. Found 4 of the does and never saw the buck !
Next am had us doing the same thing and like clock work the deer were back in the same spot, but today we hurried to them before they moved out of the bowl. We crept over the lip and they stood there at 220 yards feeding. Wife squeezed off a shot and the buck dropped. The real work began after that all uphill outta there. Hopefully Ill add to this story next week as I have a tag and will hunt the final 8 days.
Got up early to make our way down the mountain to the benches the deer were on the night before and they were still there. There was a small knob blocking the bowl they were in, so we crept over and no deer! Moved a little further down and noticed they are right below us at 140 yards and no way to move or get her a shot. I noticed the buck was not the 3x4 it was a 3x2 now with the herd.They moved into a bottom and crossed onto another hillside and still there was no way to get the gun rested on the super steep hillside. We decided to just let them feed over the ridge and let them bed. This turned into a long day of looking for them. Found 4 of the does and never saw the buck !
Next am had us doing the same thing and like clock work the deer were back in the same spot, but today we hurried to them before they moved out of the bowl. We crept over the lip and they stood there at 220 yards feeding. Wife squeezed off a shot and the buck dropped. The real work began after that all uphill outta there. Hopefully Ill add to this story next week as I have a tag and will hunt the final 8 days.
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