Been a while since I posted.....
First I'd like to thank those who suggested some areas to check out this fall.
I initially thought I'd have 3 months to hunt, starting with the archery season.....Well, work got in the way and I had to make due.
I hunted 5 days during the archery season in some of the steepest, thickest, nastiest stuff I've ever been in....saw a big 350"+ bull. He took a drink, turned and walked into the shadows never to be seen again.
I made it back about the last week of October for about 5 days. Passed on a couple of bucks....stalked a big group of cows with a bugling bull in tow....never did get a look at him.
Finally made it back for the final 8 days in November.
I tried to catch up to a really heavy 6 point by post-holing through crotch deep snow and deadfalls up to about 9600'. Nearly dark and nearing the continental divide....I admitted defeat. Passed on a spike several miles away in the same mountain range.
One day I decided to check out some other property I had permission to hunt....the deer were everywhere........that I couldn't hunt.
I didn't fling any arrows or fire a shot but the time spent over there was well worth every minute. I know where I'm going with my bow next time!
All the pics were from my last trip over.
Sorry for the poor quality pics...point and shoot through a spotting scope......
