adriaticum
10-06-2013, 09:20 PM
A month ago I went out and scouted some areas in 3-13 for deer and saw some does. One doe even posed for a photo op.
So buddy and I, both newbies, decided to get out and try for deer in this area.
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/view.jpg
I was pretty pumped when Friday rolled around.
We arrived on location by 9-ish at night and the weather was windy as hell and I was hoping it wouldn't rain.
It was pitch dark so we found a nice spot and setup the tent and then we went for a drive to the cut block where I saw deer before.
As we came up onto the cut block at night we saw a pair of eyes looking at us from the darkness.
Things looked good and I was excited.
I did not sleep the first night. Maybe I was excited, maybe the howling winds kept me awake, who knows.
The plan for next morning was to walk to the spot in darkness and find cover and wait for morning to come.
So we did, we setup before in a spot we could monitor a good potion of the cut block. Lots of new growth.
But we saw no deer in a couple of hours.
My immediate though was maybe I stink so much they could smell me from miles away , but the wind was in our face.
Not to spend all the time in one spot we went for a drive and visited all the areas we though might have deer.
But there were no deer in sight.
We met one other fellow hunter and chatted for a bit. He didn't see anything either. He hunted on a bike with his dog.
I forgot to invite him for Polish sausage bbq and some sljivovica around the camp fire.
Sunday saw us driving to some new areas we discovered and saw some grouse.
We got to at least pluck some feathers.
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/grouse.jpg
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/grouse_cleaned.jpg
We cris-crossed the mountain several times in the 2 days and saw no deer or bear.
The closest we got to seing sings of life was this:
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/poop.jpg
And I have no clue what it is but it looks a couple of days old and it might be bear or coyote/wolf.
Right in the middle of the road.
All in all I was a little dissapointed that all the mule deer left.
I guess they must be hibernating :mrgreen:
Better luck next time!
So buddy and I, both newbies, decided to get out and try for deer in this area.
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/view.jpg
I was pretty pumped when Friday rolled around.
We arrived on location by 9-ish at night and the weather was windy as hell and I was hoping it wouldn't rain.
It was pitch dark so we found a nice spot and setup the tent and then we went for a drive to the cut block where I saw deer before.
As we came up onto the cut block at night we saw a pair of eyes looking at us from the darkness.
Things looked good and I was excited.
I did not sleep the first night. Maybe I was excited, maybe the howling winds kept me awake, who knows.
The plan for next morning was to walk to the spot in darkness and find cover and wait for morning to come.
So we did, we setup before in a spot we could monitor a good potion of the cut block. Lots of new growth.
But we saw no deer in a couple of hours.
My immediate though was maybe I stink so much they could smell me from miles away , but the wind was in our face.
Not to spend all the time in one spot we went for a drive and visited all the areas we though might have deer.
But there were no deer in sight.
We met one other fellow hunter and chatted for a bit. He didn't see anything either. He hunted on a bike with his dog.
I forgot to invite him for Polish sausage bbq and some sljivovica around the camp fire.
Sunday saw us driving to some new areas we discovered and saw some grouse.
We got to at least pluck some feathers.
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/grouse.jpg
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/grouse_cleaned.jpg
We cris-crossed the mountain several times in the 2 days and saw no deer or bear.
The closest we got to seing sings of life was this:
http://www.milojko.com/hunting/poop.jpg
And I have no clue what it is but it looks a couple of days old and it might be bear or coyote/wolf.
Right in the middle of the road.
All in all I was a little dissapointed that all the mule deer left.
I guess they must be hibernating :mrgreen:
Better luck next time!