Today was a great day, despite having only found 1 in about 3.5 hours. I stumbled downstream and rounded a corner to HEAR that familiar sound of a bucks horns thrashing in a tree. I got down on my belly and sure enough watched a nice 8 pt with both sides in tact working a scrape! Couldn't believe my eyes. After the tunnel vision disappeared I noticed another FINE -one sided 5 point just ten yards from him! I was WISHING I had lugged my Nikon back with me because I would have had stellar photos...
I laid there on my belly for about 25 minutes and watched 3 more bucks follow closely behind them with all of their head gear off and massive holes in their heads. They looked to have shedded a while ago.. All 5 bucks were making their way down stream in my direction, luckily the wind was right in my face the entire time. As they passed within 40 yards I snapped a couple iPhone photos and watched them join up with 6 does that were apparently directly behind me on the ridge about 100 yards back.
GREAT DAY!
Oh! AND I laid eyes on the first velvet buck of the year. He had 2 inches of velvet, very large bases growing already!
