Marshall is out today while I'm on the way to work. Already seen a nice forky about 3/4 of a mile from where we'll part the truck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Marshall was 30 yards off of a 3x4 this morning and got ghosted by a 4x4. Can't wait to get out there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Pack and bow are loaded into the truck and I'll pick Marshall up at 4:15 tomorrow. That'll give us roughly 2 hours to get into place before sunrise.
Had chased some decent bucks around this morning. Found a nice dead head. Changing spots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Side by side is loaded up and we're headed to a new spot. We'll be staying overnight. The spot we're headed to is right in the winter range. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
No luck at the spot we hit last night. We packed up and came home this morning. I have an errand to run tomorrow morning before we head out. Yesterday was a successful day for us as we talked about it at camp last night. We not only saw deer, but were able to sneak on some. Marshall put the sneak on a real tall, thick 2x2. We started about 150 yards away and he snuck to about 100 and used the fog that was rolling in to make a run close to the deer. Unfortunately, the deer thought the same thing. By that point, we were both soaked to the bone (snow and ~30 mph winds in the bowl we were in) so we decided to pull out and try and make a fire to warm up and wait it out before trying again. With the snow coming in the night before, we couldn't get anything dry enough to start. I ended up cutting myself in the finger with my knife and bled pretty good, so we decided to head back to the truck. We split up along the way as Marshall went to recover the dead head we had found earlier in the morning. As I got closer to the truck, my finger stopped bleeding and I started seeing tracks. After a couple of quail scared the life out of me, I decided to follow the tracks. I never saw anything, but from the tracks, it would have been a big doe or a 1.5 - 2 year old buck (shooter in my book). We came home and warmed up and changed into dryer clothes and planned to check out another spot. We were able to the Rhino from my father-in-law, so we headed out. We got to where we were going with about 1.5 hours left of shooting light, so we unloaded the Rhino and took a drive. Midway up the canyon, we started to get rained on, so we broke and made for camp, which we still had to set up. We decided while debriefing the day that we would look where we were in the morning, and if nothing promising, head home for the night. We woke up around 5, had some breakfast and warmed up around the fire before taking off. The watering hole we were going to set up on was dry, so we headed back down. On the way back down, we jumped 4 does. After following them from the road in the Rhino and not seeing a buck with them, we decided to head out of the canyon to the flats. Once there, we drove around looking for anything fresh. We hit a point where we were so cold we needed to walk. We walked for about 45 minutes and didn't see one ounce of fresh sign, so we came home, showered and warmed up. Tomorrow I think we are going to go back into our spot and see what we can get. I'm not sure if getting out later will have any effect with the snow on the ground or not just yet. I'll keep you guys posted
Marshall is under the weather and the weather is barely letting up today, so we're hanging at the house and recovering a little bit. We're headed back to our spot tomorrow morning. We won't be out as early as we were Thursday, since we were pushing deer around that we couldn't see. Looks like we won't be doing any overnight trips this season.
Day pack is almost ready to go, still need to put water and some food in. Waxed my string and wiped my bow down (took on a little mud in the side by side yesterday). Weather looks to be clearing up a little bit. I haven't talked to Marshall to see how he is feeling. Really pumped for tomorrow's hunt. Is anyone else out today?
All packed and ready for the morning! The storm we were waiting on to pass has. Should be clear and cold. Hopefully that has the deer on their feet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Went out this morning and saw jack ****. Went out this evening and had a nice 10pt go by pushing a doe at like 45 yds couldn't get him to stop
So for today's hunt we went back to our spot. We started walking in just as first light was coming and we didn't see anything. It took almost an hour and a half in before we saw any does (saw a total of 27 does today). We finally started pushing does around but didn't see any bucks with them. We watched for a little bit, but nothing. It was about 9 when we saw a little button buck walking towards us. Wanting to fill my tag, I told Marshall I'd take a shot. He disappeared underneath our feet and when Marshall popped up he took off. We then sat on the watering hole for about an hour. I watched 2 does at 175 yards just mosey on over the hill. Marshall came up to where I was set in and we decided to keep heading south. Over the next ridge we saw a little forky (best guess is a 1 year old buck) and a big 3x3. The forky walked over in front of us, roughly 30 yards. I was at full draw, but the bush I was using as cover blocked any shot. Marshall then set out on an 1.5 hour stalk on the 3x3, in which the closest he got was 100 yards. There was a doe underneath Marshall that we thought would bring the buck to him, but she ended up luring him away. We jumped up and proceeded to chase (mind you at this point we're about 6 miles as the crow flies to the truck) until we see that the 3x3 has gone over the other side of the mountain. Being at the foothill of the mountains and knowing there was a road close, we decided to call my father-in-law for a ride. About 2.5 miles later, we had a couple of cold beers, swapped some stories, and got ready for the afternoon hunt. We followed some tracks to a decent vantage point and waited for 45 minutes. We walked a little bit further up the mountains then where we started the morning and just took a stroll back in. We jumped 6 more does and what we believe to be a little spike. We made it to a turn around point and decided to joke around and just walk back. We found some mountain loin tracks along the way back, and two of the does and the spike were back to where we jumped them. The day was long and we walked ~9 miles today. Both of us are beat, but optimistic that we have a good spot. Our problem is now we are running out of time. We both have commitments on Tuesday which will prevent us from hunting and Marshall goes back to work on the 20th (the last day). Oh, and the temps never got above 30 today*
Went out this morning. No bucks, but about 9 does and we were way high on the Mountain. On the way back down we jumped a little buck and I overshot him! Marshall ranged him at 40 and he moved in about 6 more yards. Would have been a double lunged shot. Headed to a new spot this afternoon. Going to just drive around, drink some beer and see what we can see. Kinda change our approach. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
