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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: Branden on August 12, 2007, 09:36:11 AM

Title: Scouting Trip
Post by: Branden on August 12, 2007, 09:36:11 AM: I scouted out a new area yesterday and after 22 miles this is all I could come up with.

4X4 2X3 3X4
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3X3 This buck was to far for my Leica 1200 to range, so he was a ways out there.
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Here is a close up of the same buck. I never could get any pics with it facing me except one. Which did not turn out that great.
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Sky line buck. Never could see any more then this.
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Title: Re: Scouting Trip
Post by: high country on August 12, 2007, 09:42:40 AM: at least there is hope for ya!

my area looks like a day old weber bbq.......ashes
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Post by: shag on August 12, 2007, 04:41:55 PM: sweet!!!
Title: Re: Scouting Trip
Post by: MichaelJ on August 12, 2007, 09:45:42 PM: Looking good Branden! But dang, 22 miles! Did you do that all on foot? Ur a stud!

Michael
Title: Re: Scouting Trip
Post by: Branden on August 12, 2007, 10:25:39 PM: Thanks Michael, but its not as bad as you would think. Hike a few miles, glass, repeat over and over again and the miles just fly by.

A little side story.
The first year I was looking for an area to hunt the high hunt I started scouting in the Pasayten. So my best friend, my cousin and I headed into Remmel Lake. (sp) My best friend and I were 21 and my cousin was 14. My cousin hiked in basketball shoes while we hiked in trail runners. We left the truck at 5:00am and got back at 8:00pm. I don't know if any of you are familiar with that trail but it is 17 miles one way to the lake.

After hiking in trees for 17 miles we took a 2 hour break for swimming and eating lunch and then headed back to the truck. I don't know to many 14 year olds that can say that they have hiked 34 miles in a day but he can. The worst thing about the hike is that you couldn't really see anything the whole hike because of the trees. We did see a bull moose though which was really cool. After that hike I have never been back to the Pasayten. Branden
Title: Re: Scouting Trip
Post by: Ridgerunner on August 13, 2007, 06:09:07 AM: Sweet pics, looks like you will have a few bucks to choose from this fall. I'm headed out to find some of my own...
Title: Re: Scouting Trip
Post by: LongTatLaw on August 30, 2007, 02:09:19 AM: I went a different route... Im down here in Lacey and I found a 2 acre alfalfa patch 500 meters from a HWY on the outskirts of a small city. Well, 5 nights in a row I sat and watched 5-6 4x4's feeding... oh and a monster with kickers stickers and MASS.....the patch is legally huntable.... but not one landowner in 10+ door knocks will let me any where near it for bow season...

I guess it wouldnt be any fun to bow kill a monster BT and then drive my Xterra 1/4 mile to pack him up huh...

oh well... back to crawling public land with herds of the masses all drueling over the same 100 inch 3x2.