This was my first time in about 20 years hunting this area. My buddy drew a cow tag, my brother and I just had over the counter spike tags. We talked to a few people about the area and got some advice. We set up camp on the nw corner of the gmu. Day 1 no animals seen let alone any fresh sign, only cool thing found was a 2 point buck skull. Day 2, was spent hunting 1/2 way down Box Spring Cayon, lots of people in the area but lots of fresh sign. Towards late afternoon I had a spike come in and hold up about 150 yards out, called to him several times and got him to do the stutter step, then the wind shifted, then he broke tried to track him, nothing. Day 3, We went up around the "what road" I decided to try and help my buddy try and fill his cow tag, so him and I worked together. We dropped of a ridge and busted 2 deer didn't get good look at the first one, but the second one was a doe. About twentys minutes later we jumped a decent 3 pt buck, not a huge rack just a nice body. We put the stalk on him got to with in about 70 yards and only had a shot at his ass or neck, neither one of us were comfortable with the shot tried to get a better shot, then guess what, he broke spent the rest of the morning searching, with no luck. Later on Day 3 we hit Hardy Cayon, my bro and buddy stuck together will I climbed to the top of a gultch. I sat there and watched a spike come down the oppisite side of the gultch I was on, heading towards the "head" of the gultch. I hustled to the "head" caught him coming out of a draw at aobut 300 yards. Called and called to him, once again, got him to do the stutter step, he just wouldn't commit to getting any closer, then he took off. I figured I knew were I could cut him off to get a shot, but those guys are a whole hell of alot faster then me. and I couldn't get there in time. Congrats Bubba on the cows, and good luck down in the 130 gmu I haven't figured out what I'm doing for the late season yet.
