Stillhunting
11-08-2014, 10:10 PM
Friday morning I headed up to my best whitey spot to see if they were coming to rattling yet, but only managed to bring in a spike muley. I decided that Muleys might be the better option so I hiked up to a favourite ridge and stillhunted into the wind. I was busted by a monster whitey, which was a good reminder to slow down even more.
Ten minutes later I caught a glimpse of white movement in my peripheral vision to the left, so the binos came up just in time to catch a muley rump disappear behind some fir saplings. It was too thick to head in after it without spooking it, so I worked my way uphill about fifteen yards and found a fresh bed. I had some more sight lines so I decided to wait and see if the deer would pop out and give me a look. After several minutes of nothing I noticed a fir sapling shaking 35 yards below me, then a couple minutes later I saw tines, and counted 4. Still no shot though. I had to wait another 5 tense minutes for a shot to present itself.
I've shot them in their beds before but this was the first time I shot one from it's bed. It was a tough pack back to the top of the ridge but a piece of cake going back down the other side to the truck.
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Ten minutes later I caught a glimpse of white movement in my peripheral vision to the left, so the binos came up just in time to catch a muley rump disappear behind some fir saplings. It was too thick to head in after it without spooking it, so I worked my way uphill about fifteen yards and found a fresh bed. I had some more sight lines so I decided to wait and see if the deer would pop out and give me a look. After several minutes of nothing I noticed a fir sapling shaking 35 yards below me, then a couple minutes later I saw tines, and counted 4. Still no shot though. I had to wait another 5 tense minutes for a shot to present itself.
I've shot them in their beds before but this was the first time I shot one from it's bed. It was a tough pack back to the top of the ridge but a piece of cake going back down the other side to the truck.
http://i62.tinypic.com/2rz6w55.jpg
http://i62.tinypic.com/2nltjmh.jpg