Today was a much better day, started at 34 degrees and never got warmer than 36, and there was zero wind.
As soon as there was enough light I started spotting deer, a few small bucks and a 3x3, but nothing like the deer from the night before. I keep working my way into a bowl. I come to a draw that runs down most of the area I’m in, I look down see nothing, I look up and instantly see deer. Also most as fast a big 4x4 runs into my FOV. He is ran all over the place. It takes me a split second to see he is as good or better than the buck from the night before.
These deer were above a road, above me. Let’s just say I have a lot of experience driving a quad real fast, and I like to go fast. Im able to get below them in short order, however, they have been moving up the entire time.
I’ve been doing the stair stepper thing for months and well I should have been running on the stair stepper, bc everything here is steep
I’m following but not really making any ground so in desperation I give out a deer grunt and he stops. This gives me some time to keep gaining.
I cross over a draw to get to his side, when I look up the draw and see another buck as big as the 4x4. He’s looking right at me, so I put the glass on him and can see he is slightly outside his ears and heavier then the 4x4. He finally turns his head to reveal he’s a really big forky.
Im now standing between these two deer both to far for a shot. The forky turns and starts walking away. I decide to try and catchup with the 4x4 bc I’m on his side of the draw, however, I lose sight of him. I move slowly up the ridge and never see either of the bucks that morning again.
For fear of busting them out of the area I back out. At this point I’m pretty gassed and sweaty, this is where I learned a lesson I already knew, bring at least one shirt to change into when it’s this cool. I get to my quad and promptly take off some of my gear to dry out, but while that happens I’m getting pretty cold. Lesson learned won’t forget at least a dry shirt in my bag.
Later that afternoon I talk with another tag holder and find out his deer sightings have been low. I tell him about the deer in the area and tell him I know we could glass up a 3x3 I had seen in the morning. Hes happy for the help and I’m happy to help.
We do spot the 3x3 as well as many other deer. The tag holder works his way over to the buck, and I told him I’d keep an eye on the buck and that I was looking for two specific deer
He’s able to get over by the buck, but before he could get into range the buck dropped off the back side of the ridge. That’s archery hunting.
In the meantime I’m glassing like a madman trying to locate the two bucks from the morning, but I’m coming up empty. I do spot a spike and a doe sparking like the big boys do, it was funny to watch.
While glassing around I get a text from the other guy saying he sees the deer I’m looking for. They were extremely low and out of my view. There ended up being a few smaller bucks with them also.
We didn’t have enough daylight to make a good play. We noted their location and put together a plan for the morning. Hopefully one of us will get a chance at these guys.
Overall saw lots of deer and it seems like things are getting better everyday
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