Who's scouting?

[mxgsfmdpx]

Went up for 3 days this last weekend. Deer season is looking bleak, saw more bears than bucks.

Where are you a scouting? I’ve seen more deer than bears by far.

 

[CApighunter]

Where are you a scouting? I’ve seen more deer than bears by far.

D5

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

D5

Been to D5 twice. Lots of deer moving.

 

[Fatcamp]

Rough day today. We didn't get up as early as we should have which made the hike out brutal. 99° when we got to the truck. Over the last two days we have seen 12 deer, 5 of them bucks. The biggest being the one I posted pictures of. We did 16 miles of overland hiking and entered our area from two new directions which both provide new glassing spots depending on wind direction.

Pretty sure this is where I will spend my time this season. There are many more deer in this area including large bucks, we just were not able to glass at first and last light so no pictures of them, but I know they are there.

Find of the day.

 

[street]

Gotta love those gnarly bases.

 

[Fatcamp]

Pretty awesome, huh? I was excited. Found the bones first an searched around to find him. Pretty sure he died last Fall.

 

[street]

Bleached pretty good

 

[Fatcamp]

Bleached pretty good

Ya. Very extreme environment where it lived and was found.

 

[Jmvjazzfan]

Getting ready for a Utah LE elk hunt. My brother has a tag. We have had cameras up in this area for a while and found some good bulls for the unit.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Getting ready for a Utah LE elk hunt. My brother has a tag. We have had cameras up in this area for a while and found some good bulls for the unit.View attachment 195493

Nice one, but this is in the mule deer forum just FYI.

 

[idahohikker]

I’m not scouting OTC units in protest of not drawing the controlled tag I wanted.

Jk

 

[jmh00043]

I’m not scouting OTC units in protest of not drawing the controlled tag I wanted.

Jk

Rookie question,
If scouting in July, will that correspond to where they are in October? Pending hunting pressure and all that good stuff?

 

[Fatcamp]

I’m not scouting OTC units in protest of not drawing the controlled tag I wanted.

Jk

LOL. All scouting input is welcome. Even if you choose to do no scouting.

 

[Fatcamp]

Rookie question,
If scouting in July, will that correspond to where they are in October? Pending hunting pressure and all that good stuff?

My unit opens Sept 1 and the deer there now will be there until late in the season unless other hunters blow them out. I will not be back until late August.

 

[jmh00043]

My unit opens Sept 1 and the deer there now will be there until late in the season unless other hunters blow them out. I will not be back until late August.

Gun or archery?

 

[Slick2Slide]

I've been out twice. Seen a dozen bucks with this one being the most promising. Pic was taken on July 3rd.

 

[Fatcamp]

Gun or archery?

Archery.

 

[NMframed]

Not out scouting for deer since we didn’t draw any deer tags this year but my son took pictures of this buck from the back porch yesterday evening. There was a smaller buck with him also.

Two weeks ago saw about 30 deer, 16 of them bucks in a hay field about a mile from the house. Bad drought this year is bringing a lot of deer to the river bottom.

 

[justinspicher]

I don’t have to go too far, this dude was in my yard this morning.

 

[midwestmountainhunter]

Went up for 3 days this last weekend. Deer season is looking bleak, saw more bears than bucks.

Same here. The bears were all over the alpine basins. I would see deer in the morning and then by 9 or 10am the deer would disappear and the bears would show up.