The Desert unit is silent, except for me

[WhacknStack]

Hey highside that's sure a nice buck, where'd you get that picture if you don't mind me asking?

[dawnsnow]

Hey highside that's sure a nice buck, where'd you get that picture if you don't mind me asking?

I had to crop the one above to be able to email it to Highside.  The link below will take you to an uncropped version (and a rearview and pic of him with his buddies) as well as pictures of other bucks I took that day. There are some really nice deer in that unit.

http://s751.photobucket.com/user/dawnsnow13/slideshow/Desert%20Bucks%2011-24-13

[fishingnut71]

MIA  I guess.

[highside74]

Hey highside that's sure a nice buck, where'd you get that picture if you don't mind me asking?

I asked Dawn for the picture because I didn't take any while I was hunting. She was kind enough to send me a few she took the day before my hunt started when we met off of A rd. I chased that buck with the kicker 4 out of the 7 days I was hunting. My last day I was with him and 3 other bucks and 6 does for 2.5 hours slowly sticking with them and then trying to close the gap as they would move out of sight over a dune. 4 or 5 times of doing this and I finally made a mistake. All the times before they were already 120-150 out by the time I would close the distance. This time as I came to the top of the cresent shaped hill at about 1 o'clock( visually not time wise) they weren't visible and I was thinking there was no way they cleared the area that fast. I picked up my binos and started glassing further out and I catch view of 2 does at about 10 o'clock 200 out.  Well they had circled back left around the base of that dune and he was standing about 70 broadside looking right at me. By the time I ranged hime he was moving and 81 when they stopped they were 300. My heart sank. I had told my little boys I would see them before bed that night so I called my hunt over and headed for the truck. I had a great time. And I'm glad I ran into Dawn early in my time there because she made my experience much better with the info she gave me.