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  1. no, I still do it the old fashioned way.get out of the truck,walk 2 miles, glass for hours,find em and stalk within 200 yds. I'm too impatient to sit on a stand and wait for deer to come to me. Besides its way more fun to find deer on there terms instead of bringing them into mine with artificial attractants or over water.I don't like the idea of using game cameras either.I believe its the lazy mans way of finding a good deer. there's way too much technology getting into hunting. Pretty soon there's gonna be built in range finding scopes so you don't have to get close or stalk up on them.Give me the good ol' days when hunting meant just that hunting.Not putting up salt or mineral licks and setting up a camera on it and waiting to see what came around.sorry guys,I'm an old school hunter that believes the animal deserves a little respect and hunted in a way that doesn't skew the odds in my favor too much.

     

    thx Wklman


  2. The only thing that I would say is that I wouldn't get caught with a '04 tag on a deer i'm pulling out in "05.check with game and fish first and get a name from someone you talked to as well. because if you pull it out in '05 and say you shot it in 04 game and fish still might ticket you.it all depends on how nice the game and fish officer is.

     

    wklman


  3. hey couesnut,

     

    I had something similar happen to me this nov. on my hunt.On monday afternoon I glassed up a 2 ptr about 3/4 of a mile away and couldn't tell how big he was so I stalked closer to get a better look at him. when I got within 200 yds I lost the buck when he bedded down in some thick mesquite. I glassed the cut I thought he was in and couldn't find him so decided to walk up the cut and maybe push him out. the country was pretty open so I thought if he was big enough when he spooked out I would get a shot at him.Well once I walked up that cut he never came out. bewildered I went to the next cut over and threw a rock into the brush. next thing I know that buck steps out and he's just a forkie but the buck that walks out after him is a monster( I guessed 100 inches or so).I pulled up and did the old look at the antlers and shoot missing him completely.Of course both deer take off and I got 2 more shots at him with the last shot feeling the best but not thinking I hit him.I spent that afternoon and the next day looking all over for any sign of a hit.no blood,no hair no sign of anything. I walked back to my truck that next evening thinking I missed the deer completely. when I was driving out I stopped to talk to a couple of hunters coming in to camp. after a couple of minutes they asked me if I shot at a big buck the previous afternoon.I couldn't believe what they had to tell me.I had hit that deer with my last shot high in the back muscle area. He had ran straight away from and was licking his back while he moved away.To say I was sick was an understatement.knowing I hit him I went back to that area the next day with the intention of finding this buck. That morning while I was glassing 2 does up on a bluff were going nuts wheezing at something up there.I put my binos up there and sure enough here was this buck bedded down behind a rock with just his face showing. I snuck over to within 180 yds and all that I could see was his face.I made my mind up I didn't want take such a risky shot so I moved 10 yds to my right and set up again to get a better shot. when I looked back up there he was gone.Walking over the top as I moved. I made a quick decision to walk around the bluff and glass every spot i could on the way. No such luck he got away again and another day gone.I glassed and walked that thursday to no avail.nothing all day.Friday I stayed home recuperating from such a tough week. the canyon the buck was in was 2 miles from any road with no motor vehicles being allowed in.Saturday morning I was out early glassing this canyon again finding no bucks but tons of does and spikes.that afternoon i walked back to the first cut where i found the buck on monday. The second tree I looked under I saw a huge rack sticking up behind a rock. He turned his head and I knew this was the buck I had hit on monday. This time I took my time and got into a good position about 90 yds away. he gave me his neck and a little bit of chest to shoot at. At the sqeeze of the trigger he got up and I put another bullet in his chest. He ran about 20 yds and piled up. Elated wasn't enough to describe my emotions at finally getting this buck. after field dressing him I found out my original bullet had gone just under the skin on the side of his back.I know this is a long story so I'll wind up by saying that persitance pays off when looking for a wounded or poorly hit deer. by the way the deer is top on page 39.

     

    thx Wade


  4. I've had the same thing happen to me. walked 1 1/2 miles to my hunting area just to find some yahoo with his quad and trailer camped in the canyon I was hunting. he had gone over a mile past a sign saying no motor travel allowed.The best thing todo is call the forest service and they'll fine em for going past the posted roads.The worst thing about this is that the antis use these wildcat roads as a reason to want to close all access to areas.

     

     

    wklman


  5. hey younghunter,

     

    I've had good luck finding sheds all over.From up high to down low.I seem to find a lot of lion killed deer at the bottom of canyons and in the middle of drainages. I found a nice lion killed buck with really tall eye guards at the bottom of a canyon while hunting in nov this year.The best thing to do is keep your eyes on the ground and follow well established deer trails.another thing todo is get out ahead of hunters in early fall.Because once hunting season gets going a lot of antlers get picked up. Walk a bunch and keep your eyes peeled. glassing works ok but most of my sheds have been found walking around the hills. hope this gives you an idea of where to start. the biggest thing is just getting out there and walking around.

     

     

    wklman

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