Last video or the video from deer I saw with bow in hand are below.
After seeing what was in the basins I picked to look at in the final scouting weekend I decided to go in to another area blind on the opener and then return if I did not see a big deer. The new area was good deer terrain but a complete bust for the first day and a half I only saw one small 3x - so packed up camp and moved across the unit.
Got into deer for the next few days by hiking between a few basins and using the mountain bike to get to a couple others. I was able to get in 2 stalks both ended inside of 30 yds as I passed on both bucks - one on the mirage 3 that is laying down in the video. The other was the 4x3 with the sticker. Wile they both were very good bucks I ended up eating the tag by running out of time looking into the next basin in hopes of a true monster. Fun hunt and I know a hog is in there I just could not turn him up this year.
If I had more than basically one day to scout I believe there are good bucks in there but with as tough as the terrain is, combined with fewer deer due to the winter, and limited time to scout it was a great time but harder hunt. Seemed to see a lot of 4x3 bucks.
Looking back the way it has worked out for me this was the 5th different unit or group of units I have hunted in the past 6 years. Just amazing thinking back to all the country I have been able to cover/see and feel very fortunate as well as grateful to have been able to go on this hunt. As to me success is not always best measured by hanging another rack in the garage..
Pry the part about this hunt was that I never saw another deer hunter, not one at a trail head or across a basin behind a spotter and that was quite the change from last couple of years.
Thanks all for the comments and already looking to next year as it feel it will be a good on for me!
Link to the final video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsULmXXeWg&t=15s
