What do you guys look for?

[Jburke]

Picked up a couple books today off craigslist.  Public land mulies, and also backcountry bowhunting bowhunting.  $5 a piece, seemed like a sweet deal to me!   

[archeryantlers]

 I agree with the books mentioned here! Also, Binoculars are the most importsnt tool you  will need. I started with a $100 pair of 10x42 ALPEN binos, which for that money are excellent and a good place to start. Now using Nikon Monarchs ($300-350). Will upgrade as I can afford to. Good Luck!

[MLHSN]

Since you menioned the Alpen binos,  what did you think of them?  I'm thinking of getting an Alpen spotting scope.  They are quite a bit cheaper but I'm wondering if I would be wasting my money.

[crazysccrmd]

How large of an area do you guys recommend? I have what looks like a nice spot, no trails to it, pretty isolated but it's not the biggest in terms of area. The basin isn't very big, has a lake and stream, elevation varies from 2600-5200'. Maybe 1000m wide by 2000m long.

[archeryantlers]

Since you menioned the Alpen binos,  what did you think of them?  I'm thinking of getting an Alpen spotting scope.  They are quite a bit cheaper but I'm wondering if I would be wasting my money.

I think they get overlooked a bit and are percieved as "cheap".  I was pleased with their quality for that price range. I think they have a couple different levels as far as quality of lenses. BAK4 lenses are what is in the 10x42s I have. Also have a good warranty. I, personally, think they're worth the money.

[archeryantlers]

How large of an area do you guys recommend? I have what looks like a nice spot, no trails to it, pretty isolated but it's not the biggest in terms of area. The basin isn't very big, has a lake and stream, elevation varies from 2600-5200'. Maybe 1000m wide by 2000m long.

All depends on how many others are gonna be there when you want to hunt it. I would try to have a back up plan within hiking range, just in case.

[Maverick]

I'm starting to get my dad I.to the idea of the high hunt. Hes hunted the hunt in wyoming and loved and hasn't gotten drawn in awhile I'm always.open to more deer hunting! 

[lucky33]

The bigger the better. As we all know the spots hardest to reach consequently have the best hunting. Given room I prefer to push harder into nastier country in search of better opportunity. If I hike into an area and find hordes of hunters, I still have miles that I can hike in search of untouched areas.  This is all fine in theory until you have to pack an animal out. 

[RifleRidge]

 ,Beautiful...Love the Lake in the back ground of this photo..