Hey Guys,
So I've been hitting the ground running all year long, looking for spring bear
and then scouting all summer.
I found two spots where I was able to observe deer going from
their bedding area to a small pond and even though I have been spending quite
sometime at spot "A" I wasn't able to connect with a legal buck.
So I switched up and have been in spot "B" now for a couple mornings (usually before work,
only a twenty minute drive for me).
I have seen a fair share of does etc but the bucks have been elusive.
My trail cam was stolen from that spot so I was a bit worried that maybe another individual
actively makes use of this spot and wants me out.
Yesterday I went out again (right around 4:30) and wanted to sit in the stand until
after dusk as my cousin spotted a Buck a couple days prior there.
As I am packing out my gun and backpack a Truck pulls up and the driver asked me if
I am sticking in the vicinity which I confirmed.
Spot "B" is only twenty minutes from the road up a ridge overlooking a little pond and as I am half way
up I hear a whole barrage of gunfire... pull out the bino and it is that guy parked a bit further up the road just blasting the
shit out of a tree.
I still went up to the stand and the guy also kept shooting, I stopped counting at thirty shots and packed up.
As he scared whatever might have been around into another zip code.
Took quite a bit of self restraint (and maybe self preservation) not to confront the guy.
But what would you do?
I was super excited to head there as it was my first legal buck I could get a crack at...
Is this standard behavior if someone is close to where you want to be?
The problem for me is that a far drive in is usually out of the question unless
it is a weekend and I spent a lot of time in those two spots trying to get a feel
for them and setting up properly... feel a little cheated at this point.
Just thought I would throw this out there.. would you abandon the area completely and look elsewhere or try again
even though some hillbilly is actively trying to prevent you from being there (imo).
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