Where are you goin?

[Steve300xcw]

Hung a sign on the shop door and turned the work phone off for the week. I'm not very good at doing that. Not counting dirtbikes or just out driving around, I have been in the woods twice this year...So yea

Had a rough idea of where I wanted to hunt. But somewhere between the stop light turning from red to green, my plans changed. Ended up 90 miles away from where I wanted to be, not even in the right unit. But it was a nice sunrise



Got that outta the way headed back for my unit. Made it about 30 miles when I decided plan B was sounded better than more hiway miles

 

[Steve300xcw]

Took the wrong road and found a pit I had forgotten about. Might as well plink a lil




Right after that pic, I remembered I cleaned out the pickup the otherday and took most the ammo out of it. I scrounged up 6 shells so the day was saved

Beat on the truck for a while longer and then started walking in.

This is a tree

 

[Steve300xcw]

Busted timber for a bit but really didnt see much for sign. I ended up dropping down into the rimrock and glassing a lil. Theres really nothing good about this canyon. It just keeps getting worse, the deeper you go into it.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Damn near every other gun I own would have made that shot with ease. But nooo..I gotta drag that 30-30 out

So watched him for a bit. Decentish 3x maybe a 4x, lil eyeguards. Notta bad buck, but far from a wowzer, and he's in an iffy place. Eventually talked myself into it.

Had a stupid bent pine tree for a reference point and still managed to drop down the wrong ridgeline twice before getting on the right one. Windy as shit up until I was getting near the edge of the rimrock then it died and everything was silent..wtf?

Where I ran out of rock. I could just see a bit of horn, ear and part of his body. Was 20'-30' below me. Went to move around for a better shot and I never saw him again.

So did the only thing you could do...Wander around for 10 mins looking for the moss covered rock I dumped my pack on. And then watch the day go by. All in all.. Not a bad monday

 

[longrangelead]

Counting the days until late buck! The 4 most important days of the year! I just pray there isn't a huge snow storm that keeps me out of my valley!
meanwhile, the rut is heating up!

 

[Pwb199]

Last time I was at that lookout/tower there was 5+ feet of snow!

Looks like a fun day.

 

[Steve300xcw]

I was wondering if I was goona be able to get up to it, or if it was going to be drifted in

 

[Steve300xcw]

New day and a new place.