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Offline jjhunter

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Re: Nevada! Ruby Mountains
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2012, 08:40:39 PM »
My hunt was actually tough this year.  I saw and passed a wide 185"ish deer the first night, saw one other 30" 175" buck, and then my buck in 5 days.   Not too hot for one of Idaho's better units.  Two prominent hunters in that unit didn't kill bucks for the first time in a long time this year. 

The general was good because those deer were still in the OTC units when the snow hit late and they were rutting.  Would have been a good year to hunt the LE borders and the migration transition zones.

BTW, I've been on a few of those tough hunts and they wear on you mentally.   I went 5 days without seeing a buck on one hunt and then saw several 180" plus bucks in one day.   

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Re: Nevada! Ruby Mountains
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2012, 08:49:27 PM »
Definitely a strange year weather wise. My dads neighbor had an Area 7 Nevada tag and ended up settling on a 3pt. Its a weather dependent unit and it was still real warm when he went down.  I'll keep putting in for NV since I still have elk and sheep and antelope points. Drew that Rubies tag on my 5th choice but will probably hold out and try to get a late tag this time. We haven't put in for ID for about five years but might start again. Oregon has me in a bind since I have a mess of antelope and descent amount of sheep points but the deer hunting IMO isn't all that great for the money right there now as far as mule deer trophy quality. I pretty much get to pick one out of state hunt a year with a wife and two kids at home so I have to plan wisely:chuckle:
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