Sooo we headed out Friday night for a camp trip. We figured we would set up some trailcams in a new area since our other spots have been taken over by whitetails vs muley/BT by at least 5 to 1.
We went to another Region 2 area that I was interested in as I was seeing some BT's there last fall and found a lot of good trails in the timber.
Next morning we got our packs ready to go set up some cameras (late in the game this year but it is what it is). When we tried to get into the first spot right by our camp (some timber behind a feeding area) we spot a buck and didn't want to spook it. When I got a better look, I realized it was actually a whitetail buck. Now I'm getting kind of annoyed. It seems everywhere I go in Region 2 there are more WT's than BT or Muleys... can't catch a break.
Then we spot a doe.... yep another whitetail.
And then... another buck pops out. This one looks like a hybrid zone benchleg, 3x3 with a decent sized body. Okay, now I definitely don't want to spook them. Did I mention this is right by our camp?
We watched and filmed them for quite a while. They knew we were there but didn't care too much. Whenever one started to look stressed out, I would just make myself fairly visible, stand up, walk around, talk a little bit then they would relax and go back to browsing a little, bedding a little, etc. It had been a few hours so we gave up on waiting for them to leave and decided to hike into the further and higher up spots before it started to get too hot.
Off we go! (continued)