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Lil-Rokslider
As I sit on my glassing spot waiting for enough light to start my California archery deer season I figured I’d start a live hunt. After work Thursday I drive to the trailhead while checking my roadside spots and some trail cameras with nothing to show for it except a few bears. I cowboy camped in my truck bed and woke up to discover a mouse has gotten into my truck and found my food bags. Thankfully it only got into my trail mix for one day but chewed a bunch of holes in my tp.
After a sweaty slow hike in I got to camp and setup and got water. Around noon I started to glass around when I spotted my first buck. A nice 3x3 was wading in a pond eating algae and underwater grasses with a few does. After awhile he climbed out of the pond into thick timber where I lost him. A few hours later I look in the same spot and see a small 4x4 doing the same thing. After he went into the timber I took a siesta as the sun was getting a bit much. I started glassing again around 6 when the 3x3 from earlier in the day and a few does were out feeding in the pond. I spent some time glassing a face and picked up a bear. When I came back to look at the pond there was now a massive 3x4 also out feeding. I observed him and the 3x3 feed until 15 minutes before dark. With any luck these bucks will follow the same pattern today and I think I’ll be able to get within bow range. Wish me luck.
After a sweaty slow hike in I got to camp and setup and got water. Around noon I started to glass around when I spotted my first buck. A nice 3x3 was wading in a pond eating algae and underwater grasses with a few does. After awhile he climbed out of the pond into thick timber where I lost him. A few hours later I look in the same spot and see a small 4x4 doing the same thing. After he went into the timber I took a siesta as the sun was getting a bit much. I started glassing again around 6 when the 3x3 from earlier in the day and a few does were out feeding in the pond. I spent some time glassing a face and picked up a bear. When I came back to look at the pond there was now a massive 3x4 also out feeding. I observed him and the 3x3 feed until 15 minutes before dark. With any luck these bucks will follow the same pattern today and I think I’ll be able to get within bow range. Wish me luck.
