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chamookman:
Very well done Sir ! That's what it's all about. Bob

BowEd:
Yea buddy.That's thinking ahead.Sounds like you got a pretty decent place to hunt there.You sure you had time to hunt....lol.Just kidding.I have friends that go elk hunting every year to Utah,Wyoming,& Colorado.A nephew who just shot a 74" moose in Alaska & one thing I'm over looking here is the difference between that country and what I hunt here.Here it's perfect for whitetail deer.Close hunting.Not too far to walk.It's a lot more wide open and rangey out west by you.The elk travel a lot farther in a day then the whitetail do here.Following bulls around to ambush them is a lot more work than deer hunting here.Someday I might try it.They keep pestering me to go.If you get to keep hunting the area your at there that'll help alot to zero in on a deer I would think over the years.It can be different from year to year so prescouting the area helps.I don't use cameras so what comes by is what it is.You got muley,blacktail,and whitetail there I'm assuming.Maybe a transition area between them.I've heard they will interbreed.Don't know if it's true.You have to walk quite aways to get into them?Then maybe a portable tree stand might work.Making natural ground blinds.I'm sure you've contemplated about everything.Got some predators?I'd love to get a shot at a bobcat here.Need another quiver....lol.Heard the meat is pretty darn good too.

Chief RID:
Rubs can be a real mystery. It seems to be the same places year to year but it can be very concentrated. I think deer vary in their behavior a great deal from area to area. A good rub line that is used year to year seems to be one of the best tactics for bucks where I hunt. Another area I hunt has the same type of area and perpetual rub line area and it has never been productive for anyone that hunts the area. Hard to figure but doing what is productive in an area is where its at and figuring it out is the challenge. As far as scrapes go big and active pay off.

JW_Halverson:
Prospected yesterday on a ridgeline I had hunted turkeys long ago.  There were lots of turkeys and I had no experience, consequently I moved to other places blaming the birds for being "unhuntable". Well, there are still turkeys there, loads of scratching and crapping going on there.

Also found a great scrapeline there....fairly large scrapes, but all the trees that were rubbed were inch or smaller in diameter.  I sat and rattled for an hour before sunset.  Nothin'.

I got back to the vehicle just after legal sunset, but we can hunt until 30 minutes after legal sunset.  As I drove off, two does and three bucks ran across the road in front of me.  I hopped out and ran into the trees, took a knee and started rattling.  I dropped the antlers and shouldered the gun.  The last one into the trees was the largest and he stood in the shadows.  He dainty stepped out into the clear looking my direction.  He was 30 yds away and perfectly in line with the wind carrying my sweaty scent down to him.  I willed him to turn and he did.  Perfect broadside.  My heart was hammering and my breathing made the crosshairs of the rifle wobble.  But this buck was so close, the crosshairs never wobbled out of the kill zone.  I slipped off the safety and took up what little slack the Remmy 700 had.  I took a deep breath ("to steady my nerves", for all you Escanaba in Da Moonlight fans) and eased the safety back on.  I slowly let the rifle down and watched the young buck watch me.

1) I did not stalk him, I did not find him on my own.
2) I was 20 yds from the road and my vehicle.
3) My blaze orange was in the Jeep.
4) This didn't fit my definitions of 'fair chase'. Driving and shooting are not hunting to me.

Aaron H:
Now that is called integrity,  good for you JW.

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