Elkwhisper
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Had the opporutnity to check another country off my hunting bucket list this past week, and spent a great week in Sonora chasing Mule Deer........ Yeah my job is pretty cool.... LOL.
While not a physically challenging hunt.... it wasn't easy. Countless hours in the high rack and still hunting the aroyos in 80+ degree Temps made it tough. And you have to be on high alert at all times because the deer are nearly impossible to spot and dissappear super quick. Rarely did a deer hang arround to even get a shot at...let alone judge. I didn't even see a deer until my 3rd day and there were several deerless days experience among our party of 4 hunters.
I got lucky when at high noon a buck and two does blew across one of the main roads while on our way in for a Siesta. We tracked them into an arroyo but never caught up.... but lucked into the buck I killed bedded under a tree in the shade.
It was a tough year it seems, as last year the outfitter said they killed 11 over 200" and I think they only had one that big this year. Overall success rates were way down and everyone we talked to at the airport in Hermisillo seemed to have the same story.
7 days is a grind when it comes to this type of hunting but with the chance of a truly giant buck areound the next corner...it somehow remained exciting till the end.
While not a physically challenging hunt.... it wasn't easy. Countless hours in the high rack and still hunting the aroyos in 80+ degree Temps made it tough. And you have to be on high alert at all times because the deer are nearly impossible to spot and dissappear super quick. Rarely did a deer hang arround to even get a shot at...let alone judge. I didn't even see a deer until my 3rd day and there were several deerless days experience among our party of 4 hunters.
I got lucky when at high noon a buck and two does blew across one of the main roads while on our way in for a Siesta. We tracked them into an arroyo but never caught up.... but lucked into the buck I killed bedded under a tree in the shade.
It was a tough year it seems, as last year the outfitter said they killed 11 over 200" and I think they only had one that big this year. Overall success rates were way down and everyone we talked to at the airport in Hermisillo seemed to have the same story.
7 days is a grind when it comes to this type of hunting but with the chance of a truly giant buck areound the next corner...it somehow remained exciting till the end.
