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Huntin’ The Pockets- Day 8

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  I don't care if you're hunting above timberline or below sea level- big bucks are very "aware" and won't let you get away with much.  On day 8,...
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Huntin’ The Pockets- Day 7

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  With the storm of two days ago, temps have dropped below freezing overnight in the high country. With no wood stove, it's just movement and coffee to keep...
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Huntin’ The Pockets- Day 6

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  I'm back.  On my last blog post Huntin' the Pockets- Day 5, I told you I was now headed to the high country to hunt bucks.  Bucks in the...
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Huntin’ the Pockets- Day 5

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  Rolled into town yesterday afternoon after packing up my desert country camp.  My son Cash is 9 years old and out of the blue told me last week...
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Huntin’ the Pockets- Day 4

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  Day four dawned partly cloudy and breezy.  Left the truck at 5:45 and by the time I got into the deer country, the wind was blowing about 30...
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Huntin’ the Pockets- Day 3

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  Headed out before dark last night to glass the area where I'd seen the non-typical last week.  I've never actually hiked into the area, just glassed it from...
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Huntin’ the Pockets- Day 2

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  Back up at 4:30 and hit the same country I did yesterday.  I never saw either of those good bucks (and saw far fewer bucks, too.)  I can...
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Huntin’ the Pockets- Day 1

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  Arrived to the first place I'm hunting late last night and just set up a cot in the back of the truck. After thunder and lightning all night (had...

Live Hunt- Huntin’ the Pockets

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   It's time to head for the hills.  If you're new around here, welcome to my annual Live Hunt.  For those subscribers who've been here since it all started back...
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Goodbye Jalapeño

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I first found the buck I later named Jalapeño three years ago on an archery hunt for another big deer I'd seen that summer.  I estimated he was four...