West Side Late Buck

[Schmalzfam]

I'm trying...waiting on the hubby now!! JK!!

[Elk hunter4ever]

 The wait is almost over. Just got off work and heading out in a few minutes to Randle. Good luck everyone!!!

[Dustin07]

well we'll see how it goes. my clothes are soaking in doe pee right now so i'll have strong scent tomorrow. hopefully i dont' get mounted.

[carpsniperg2]

gl

[grousetracker]

im tagged out but partner needs deer, nothing i can do if he doesnt want to hunt in this weather.

[Dustin07]

im tagged out but partner needs deer, nothing i can do if he doesnt want to hunt in this weather.

I'll be just past you so if you spot a big 6x7 in your front yard give me a buzz 

[Schmalzfam]

Just got home!! Didn't see anything this evening. Hiked up an old gated road...found a spot by a couple rubs..hubby bleated and grunted. Nothing. We waited awhile and nothing moved and we didn't hear anything. We hiked out. As we were leaving in our car from the gate...down the road towards us were 2 creepy looking guys and they were heading into where we were. It was dark by then. They had some sticks and an old small dog they were carrying. No cars anywhere near the road or on the way down the mountain..WTH???

[bow4elk]

well we'll see how it goes. my clothes are soaking in doe pee right now so i'll have strong scent tomorrow. hopefully i dont' get mounted.

Easy on the doe pee!!  A couple drops is all you need.  Too much scent is alarming to deer 

[hornhunter]

I got SO wet today   I still hunted and walked up on several does and one spike.  I left the car at 715 am and got back at 1:30.  I heard some gun shots early.  Walking through the ferns my pants finally failed soaked my long johns then my long johns soaked my socks. GAME OVER.  I was wet so I couldn't stop moving and worst of all my feet were wet.  My boots didn't fail.  I was just soaked.  The deer I did see were all inside of 50 yards!  a couple @ 10 yards.  I was going to stay out all day but, I didn't feel like getting sick!  I guess I found a little fresh Elk sign too so I will be using that to my advantage next week for the late archery season!

[bow4elk]

I got SO wet today   I still hunted and walked up on several does and one spike.  I left the car at 715 am and got back at 1:30.  I heard some gun shots early.  Walking through the ferns my pants finally failed soaked my long johns then my long johns soaked my socks. GAME OVER.  I was wet so I couldn't stop moving and worst of all my feet were wet.  My boots didn't fail.  I was just soaked.  The deer I did see were all inside of 50 yards!  a couple @ 10 yards.  I was going to stay out all day but, I didn't feel like getting sick!  I guess I found a little fresh Elk sign too so I will be using that to my advantage next week for the late archery season!

It's a close-range deal on nasty days - nice job - you got into some action.  Any one of those deer could have been a pig!  The clock is ticking...get a plan set for morning.

[taylorpz]

I also got soaked through.  Only bucks I saw were on the drive up.  Didn't hear a single shot all morning, so guess I'm not the only one got skunked.  Back at it tomorrow.  Thinking of wearing my duck hunting pants.

[halflife65]

When I was a rifle hunter, this was one of my favorite hunts.  Good luck everyone and hope to see some pictures soon!

[JPhelps]

19 deer today.  Thank God for Helly Hansen Impertech, stayed bone dry except for the end of my sleeves.  I don't know what the heck is going on though.  The first eighteen deer I saw were does and fawns without a buck in site.  I don't know how many times I was ready to click off the safety but there was never a buck following.  The 19th deer was a very nice buck (120+), all by himself.  I spotted him at 200 yards bedded down and hidden.  All I could see was his head and had to move to the right so that his vitals were exposed he caught my movement as I was moving.  He stood up and about 2 seconds later bounded over the ridge.  Fun day just bummed I couldn't close the deal.

[bobcat]

We saw 7 deer today. All does except one decent 2 point buck that was standing in a side road as we went by. He bailed off into the reprod and we searched but never saw him again. We spent a lot of time driving and glassing clearcuts. I hunted through a patch of timber about 1/4 mile down and then back up the other side along the edge of a clearcut. Nothing. Had seen a nice 3 point buck with a doe in that clearcut last Saturday at 2 pm. Trying again tomorrow. Might do a little rattling.

[PolarBear]

It looks like I might be guiding 3 women (my wife is not included) on a last ditch deer hunt while their hubbys are hunting in Montana.  I hope to surprise their old men with deer hanging in their barns when they get home on Sunday evening.