very true, brush is easier to glass but hard to focus on particular portions, versus timber patches on some broken hillside where you'd expect to see the deer.
Appreciate the reply - We went into an area that burned fairly recently, found a lot of good bucks in archery opener last year and got some shots off without luck and then went back in rifle and didn't find any of the big ones, only a few of the smaller ones. I just assume the pressure pushed...
Hunting in California wildernesses - do the bucks like to live on slopes that only have brush and no trees? If not pressured at all, how far are they moving for food, water and shade during archery season?