Alpine blacktail deer scouting video

[shanevg]

Last week I made it up to the alpine to scout for some black tail bucks. I was able to find 4 bucks and a nice billy mountain goat. None of the bucks were huge but they all looked like they were getting ready to fork at least one more time. I've seen a number of lowland bucks that seem to be almost fully developed but I'm hoping since these are alpine bucks maybe they are a bit slow to develop? What do you guys think, any chance any of these bucks may still grow into a nice 4 point or are these doomed to be a 3 point at best?

Here is the video of the deer:
[video=youtube;VAskm9zsMg0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAskm9zsMg0[/video]

The lone billy:
[video=youtube;AcsdqgM7UJ4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcsdqgM7UJ4[/video]

I also spotted this osprey at about 4300 feet elevation on the way down. I don't see a ton of osprey's in the alpine and thought he was pretty neat.
[video=youtube;wI4iSmlH4vM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI4iSmlH4vM[/video]

 

[shanevg]

I also created a time lapse of the sun setting over Mt. Baker.
[video=youtube;nZkNNJf6KJM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZkNNJf6KJM[/video]

I also got up in the middle of the night to try my luck at a starscape time lapse.
[video=youtube;tHaUlGANjhA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHaUlGANjhA[/video]

 

[BuckSnort]

I like that time laps, what kinda camera you using?

 

[shanevg]

Canon 30D with 50mm 1.8 lens.

 

[fillthefreezer]

looks like you upgraded cameras since last years mt baker bear hunts?

 

[shanevg]

Yeah, my first two hunt videos last year (Columbus Day Bear and Mt. Goat) were with a Panasonic Lumix point and shoot camera. My other bear hunt and CO deer hunt were with a Flip HD video camera. This year I got a Panasonic SD80 (I think) video camera so I could have some zoom (42x) and HD.

 

[fillthefreezer]

looks good, i like that time lapse, would love to do mt rainier with some of that looking across the puyallup drainage

 

[wk93]

It does seem to me that the Blacktails in the higher elevations develop later than the lowland ones for some reason. I perfer the highlands though because not as many people around here get out and hunt it. They all drive around logging roads in there cars.