Roy, Thank you my man... The last three years have shown a decline in trophy quality as well as herd sizes in the areas we've been in as well. Several years back we would see in excess of 120 deer a day. We were lucky to see 50 to 80 on this last trip... The bucks we did see averaged 130 to 150 class, however, we were able to locate a couple bruisers in the flats in the 170's with stalks that never panned out... You know how it is, once you get down in those thickets, it's like a maze and if you get close, all you see is deer running away!
We stuck to the foothills the last part of the hunt and scored decent bucks... I'm completely happy with the hunt... I did notice that there were better bucks this year as compared to last year, so hopefully, well see a few all grown up for next January!