Hey I'be been a member for awhile but never posted. I'm a new hunter this will be my third season. I'm just curious if any of you take advantage of the early season for mule deer in areas like 3-15 or if you wait untill it's cooler. I've been scouting a few places all summer and decided to give it a try yesterday. I drove up early morning to one of the areas I had scouted earlier that seemed to have a lot of sign. I hiked up a ridge through some windfall and sat down and waited for sunrise. It was a beautiful peaceful morning but about 10:00 a bunch of people on quads came up somewhere down below and broke open a case of beer. It got quit noisy And bottles were set up for target practice and they started shooting with a .22. Needless to say I gave up. As I was coming down I yelled to let them know I was a human not an animal. I had thought the area I scouted was pretty remote but I guess atv's can get anywhere theses days. The heat was also to much by mid day. 3-15 doesn't seem to have many decent hunting spots and the one I chose had some sub alpine area. I spent the rest of the day driving the fsr roads and people were everywhere. I won't try and hunt this long weekend again. I'll be waiting untill later in September to go out again I think. Too hot and to many people.
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Originally Posted by mastercaster
