Thanks for all the input. It's encouraging. Spending extra time glassing is something we need to add. We're not as patient as we should be when checking out cuts.
All this info is very insightful
Thanks for all the input. It's encouraging. Spending extra time glassing is something we need to add. We're not as patient as we should be when checking out cuts.
All this info is very insightful
Separate, get in the bush, slow right down, hunt with both ears and eyes lastly pay attention to sign
There is many ways to hunt that can be effective beyond glassing open areas. It is rare for me to shoot an animal out of a cut
You want results, spend big money and go way up north ! Where there is game !
If the deer are down to their wintering area in region 8 then the hunting season is over already because that usually doesnt happen till late december. Other areas where deer have a long ways to wintering grounds can be there in oct and will usually stay there. They may head up but the summer apline is just to far. You just need to find your style of hunting and try to improve on it. A member here mentioned something about glassing clearcuts, if thats his style and it works for him thats great. You need to find your own style and learn how to improve it.
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Like 'dino' says, it depends on the area you're hunting. As an example, deer well north of Kamloops lake
traditionally start a true migration heading to either the north Thompson River Valley or the north shore
area of Kamloops Lake, not going back until next spring. I've seen this phenomenon many times...all the
deer tracks made recently and all heading in the same direction. I've been successful a couple of times
by racing well down in elevation and getting ahead of them. Usually they're all gone though because
they travel day and night without stopping very long.