elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
- 2,038
even bad deer hunting is gosh darn fun.
happy to report my new healthy legs/lungs were terrific. no hill was too tall or too steep!!
walking down a tiny faint trail, something tickled my sixth sense. i paused and my hunting friend ahead of me, stopped and looked back at me. i motioned that i was gonna veer off to look at something. stepped off the trail and headed into waist high manzanita. i felt/heard my friend hiss at me..i look at him and his eyes were a big as saucers..i look back and \"hear\" the unmistakeable sound of a deer sneaking off. i only saw his butt! hahah.
my friend told me i veered left and the deer snuck right. 17 yards. now; i cant even begin to explain what i saw, felt, smelled, heard to make me think there was something \"right there\"..oh well..if i had bino\'d the area first, i probably would have seen the antlers. lessoned learned.
found a couple of whoppers glassing..no small feat since the entire area was hazy with smoke. it was a welcomed invite when my friend planned the decent into this nasty valley. it was like we were boot-ski-ing down this hill. the entire time, my buddy was thinking about all the jogging he didnt do..haha. we got to the bottom and he showed me his water bottle..half empty!! what?! we did find where water was squirting out of the moutainside, so he could refill, and i had water treatment with me. saved.
in the end, no deer. we posted up on a busy intersection for the day hoping the 95 deg temps would bring a deer to water. nope.
the hike out was fun..straight up!! one of those hikes where it is best to strap the bow to the packs so you had two hands to climb with as well.
it felt great. i\'ll probably go back solo and drop back into the dark valley. i now know were the water is..it is only a matter of time and luck.
i like hunting..super fun. my wife wants to hike in with me next time. sweet.
happy to report my new healthy legs/lungs were terrific. no hill was too tall or too steep!!
walking down a tiny faint trail, something tickled my sixth sense. i paused and my hunting friend ahead of me, stopped and looked back at me. i motioned that i was gonna veer off to look at something. stepped off the trail and headed into waist high manzanita. i felt/heard my friend hiss at me..i look at him and his eyes were a big as saucers..i look back and \"hear\" the unmistakeable sound of a deer sneaking off. i only saw his butt! hahah.
my friend told me i veered left and the deer snuck right. 17 yards. now; i cant even begin to explain what i saw, felt, smelled, heard to make me think there was something \"right there\"..oh well..if i had bino\'d the area first, i probably would have seen the antlers. lessoned learned.
found a couple of whoppers glassing..no small feat since the entire area was hazy with smoke. it was a welcomed invite when my friend planned the decent into this nasty valley. it was like we were boot-ski-ing down this hill. the entire time, my buddy was thinking about all the jogging he didnt do..haha. we got to the bottom and he showed me his water bottle..half empty!! what?! we did find where water was squirting out of the moutainside, so he could refill, and i had water treatment with me. saved.
in the end, no deer. we posted up on a busy intersection for the day hoping the 95 deg temps would bring a deer to water. nope.
the hike out was fun..straight up!! one of those hikes where it is best to strap the bow to the packs so you had two hands to climb with as well.
it felt great. i\'ll probably go back solo and drop back into the dark valley. i now know were the water is..it is only a matter of time and luck.
i like hunting..super fun. my wife wants to hike in with me next time. sweet.
