The Desert unit is silent, except for me

[eastsidemallard74]

I was out duck hunting saw as big 5x roaming islands with 3 other does, pretty awesome to see

[highside74]

you may bump into my brother there. He is staying at mardon
s and driving a white f150 4x4

He pm'd me we spoke yesterday while he was driving here.

[Old Man Yager]

Did you go in off Dodson yet? There's a little area there with a gate beside a couple ponds, and you can walk the gated road back to the Winchester waterway. Theres some big dunes back ther, I used them to look around a bit when I hunted it in 2006 on a rifle hunt. I doesn't sound like you are having any problems spotting bucks, hope you get close enough to whack a big one.

[highside74]

As I type this I am 135 from a great 4x and his doe bedded. When I first spotted them he was bedded with his head up at probably 800-1000. I've been here for 20 min now and he put his head in the dirt and rolled his head over to rest and him antler. How cool is that? Wind should be good now it's a waiting game.

[Old Man Yager]

Git r done!!

[highside74]

One doe turned into 3 they started to move left to right. I moved a little. All is good. 20 min and they get some distant between them. So I move some more. 120 and I look to my left and a group if 10 our more does had snuck in to join the party and they pick me off. They have no clue what I am but they don't like it. The two groups are 100 plus apart and the buck and his does have no idea what is going on but they don't like it. The move off and I tuck in behind. I get to 110 and they pick me off ranging him. Dang it.

[Odell]

Sounds like you are having fun. Good luck!

[bolsen]

That buck you posted a pic of,pretty sure he's the buck I had at 35 yards on Wednesday night. Creeped over the ridge and I knew he was there, full draw and he was behind a huge sage and didn't give me a shot. Had 3 other bucks with him that night.

[Kazekurt]

It's killing me that I'm not out with my bow right now!  Everything your describing is what makes archery great!  I love the stalks, praying the wind doesn't betray me, reading the terrain, and being pinned down for long intervals in precarious positions wondering how in the heck I'm going to beat all those eyes:-).   Patience, persistence, and a positive attitude are the best attributes and archer can develop.  You'll always blow more stalks than you pull off  but when you fail, you learn some useful things and, of course, get to keep hunting:-). Good luck to you and keep the updates coming.  I live in Ephrata  and I'm quite familiar with the area.  If you get one way back in there give me a call and I'll help you get it out.  I'll PM you my  #.

[highside74]

That buck you posted a pic of,pretty sure he's the buck I had at 35 yards on Wednesday night. Creeped over the ridge and I knew he was there, full draw and he was behind a huge sage and didn't give me a shot. Had 3 other bucks with him that night.

I had him also wed with 3 bucks early afternoon. Had him bedded and they all moved so i moved. Then they started coming towards me and i tryed to move my site pin to 80 thinking that's where they were gonna pass and it squeaked just a tad. They veered off not knowing what they heard.  Last i saw they were walking slowly south at 250 yards but i didn't push them. That pick is from Monday.

[bolsen]

Looks like the same buck to me! I'll be back over Friday.

[highside74]

Yep sure is. I love him so. When I drew this tag my dream buck was a typical 4x with a kicker. Just a little wider. But I think he is awesome.

[scoyoc5]

just checking in on this???

[jackmaster]

i dont know if you want to pack the extra weight but, if you can buy a 2ft wide maybe even 3 ft wide x 4ft tall piece of clear plexi glass, drill a bunch of holes in it and rig up a couple handle and zip tie brush to it from the area your huntn in, if you keep the wind in your face it will alow you to walk up to them alittle easier. good luck, atleast your seeing deer so it makes it easy to get out of bed thats for sure 

[Buzz2401]

So what was the outcome of hunt.