Second deer permit in the desert advice

[bigdub257]

In my experience, those deer are super spooky.  If they see you physically skylined or walking they will run a long ways!

[trophyhunt]

Yup, pretty spooky!  We saw about 5 small bucks today and a herd of about 17 does.  My dad has hunted archery for about the past 40 years, not much shooting a rifle.  Soooo, he did miss a doe today but it was at 425 yards and all he could see was the head and neck.  We figured what the heck, a clean miss or dead as heck. Cool ground, pretty easy hiking. The desert is a strange unit w pockets of public, checker boarded with private, doesn’t seem that big of a unit.  Came home tonight, I have Friday off so we will go back then.  Thanks again for the tips and PM’s

[ThurstonCokid]

Yup, pretty spooky!  We saw about 5 small bucks today and a herd of about 17 does.  My dad has hunted archery for about the past 40 years, not much shooting a rifle.  Soooo, he did miss a doe today but it was at 425 yards and all he could see was the head and neck.  We figured what the heck, a clean miss or dead as heck. Cool ground, pretty easy hiking. The desert is a strange unit w pockets of public, checker boarded with private, doesn’t seem that big of a unit.  Came home tonight, I have Friday off so we will go back then.  Thanks again for the tips and PM’s

Sounds like you guys have it figured out! I sent you a PM. Hope all goes well


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[trophyhunt]

Thanks kid, appreciate it!

[trophyhunt]

Wrap up, spooky deer, checkerboard unit, very easy hiking, deer can hide just about anywhere!  We hunted two full days, first day saw about 21 deer, 5 of which were small bucks. Today we saw 7 does with 2 small bucks in the AM, just couldn’t get close enough without being spotted. Drove to some new ground for the afternoon hunt and saw 2 does, wasn’t sure if we were on public land so didn’t shoot, ends up we were on public. Oh well.  So we ended up going back to the place that was recommended by two different people, the place where we kept seeing deer for the evening hunt. Well, going down the road heading to our last spot for the last 45 min of light, I see about 7-8 deer out in the sage.  My dad just wanted to be done hunting, been a long, successful season and he was tired, he told me to shoot. So he didn’t get to shoot his deer but he was all smiles!  Hugs and high 5’s! Thanks to all the PM’s and advice, you guys are great!  Not sure if all the big bucks get shot but didn’t see a single 3 point or better, but, lots of places to hide!  Tired, thanks again for the help.

[deerlick]

Congratulations

[Twispriver]

You spent time together, explored new ground, found game and got meat - sounds like a good hunt to me    Congratulations

[bigdub257]

Great job!  That hunt can be a little trickier than one might expect. 

[ThurstonCokid]

Sounds like you guys had fun regardless. And seeing animals is a plus! Memories with dad that’ll last forever. Thanks for sharing!


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[Sandberm]

Thanks for the report and your not seeing any 3 point bucks goes with what I saw in the neighboring unit.

Poaching? Two hard winters since 2015?

[trophyhunt]

Great job!  That hunt can be a little trickier than one might expect.

you are not kidding!  I seriously thought we would be done 10 minutes into opening morning! I should know better than that by now at my age, lol.  Those deer are on high alert! The season goes till the 27th, I wonder if any bucks are shot because they dropped their antlers??  I’ve taken a buck before w my bow thinking it was a doe, it had dropped already and it was dec 30th.  Seems the deadline is getting pretty close to drop season.  You guys that know those deer in that area, do they drop later? I know each deer is different, just curious

[trophyhunt]

My pops and me

[trophyhunt]

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[blindluck]

Great job!  That hunt can be a little trickier than one might expect.

you are not kidding!  I seriously thought we would be done 10 minutes into opening morning! I should know better than that by now at my age, lol.  Those deer are on high alert! The season goes till the 27th, I wonder if any bucks are shot because they dropped their antlers??  I’ve taken a buck before w my bow thinking it was a doe, it had dropped already and it was dec 30th.  Seems the deadline is getting pretty close to drop season.  You guys that know those deer in that area, do they drop later? I know each deer is different, just curious

I’ve seen them still packing in mid April out there

[Fletch]

  if not later