Just got back from a weeklong family camping trip with the family. My son and I found a basin full of bucks anywhere from 18-25 inches wide. We found 3 absolute monsters 30 inches plus. We watched them all morning and noticed that as soon as the sun touched them they started wandering toward their bedding areas. By 9 a.m. they had all disapreared. They didn't come back out until very late in the evening.
We were camped nearby and everybody who was obviously also scouting never went past the end of the road during the hours the deer were out and were back 20-30 minutes later. They all told of not seeing animals which I also said we had not seen anything all week.
My son also saw 2 very big bull elk in the same basin.
My son has an antelope tag and if he finds one to his liking bigger than his last one we will attempt to fill his archery deer tag there. There was one little guy hanging out near the campground and hopefully he will move away before the opener.
We were camped nearby and everybody who was obviously also scouting never went past the end of the road during the hours the deer were out and were back 20-30 minutes later. They all told of not seeing animals which I also said we had not seen anything all week.
My son also saw 2 very big bull elk in the same basin.My son has an antelope tag and if he finds one to his liking bigger than his last one we will attempt to fill his archery deer tag there. There was one little guy hanging out near the campground and hopefully he will move away before the opener.
