Re: Some Big Whities For Ya...
After pouring over much inventory, a couple members of our crew headed out for a few days, prepared for some long sits dark to dark if necessary. Got to camp and a couple guys got things set up while I grabbed another partner and went to swap out a few cards from our numerous camera sites. Pulled in to the first spot and found there was someone there, who had walked my tracks in on the snow and set up over my site. While annoying, it's crown land and people are free to hunt where they want. Gut pile chasers have become the norm in busy areas like this. My partner and I had a chuckle and just carried on. We've seen this story play out a time or two.
The cards showed a bunch of the usual suspects and a couple new bucks had showed up. We were getting lots of daytime activity although some sites that were slower in previous years were much busier now and vice versa with some of the more tried and true sites being a little slower. Nevertheless, my partners had daylight videos of target bucks on all our sites so anticipation was high. I was still looking for a buck to hang my hat on however.
"The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom."