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Short version - I moved to the PNW from the East in 2017. This is the first year I haven't moved since we moved here, so it's the first time I'm able to hunt the same land two years in a row. I've put in a LOT of hours and miles scouting and found a spot last fall I thought had potential. I've had trail cams up in there since last fall and have seen three or four blacktail bucks, a couple does, and one nice bull:
This is up around 3000 feet. Last year, there was a lot of sign when I found this spot but I couldn't get in there and hunt until blacktail rifle and it looked like most of the game had moved out by then. I see a TON of sign in there, and I think there are more animals in there than I catch on my cameras. There are large elk tracks, lots of elk scat, and tons of deer sign. When I got in there last fall for the first time, there were areas where sign was so thick I couldn't take a step without stepping into tracks or scat or a bed.
I'm going to post a few questions in the next few posts so people can replay easier to a specific question rather than quote/cut/paste.
This is up around 3000 feet. Last year, there was a lot of sign when I found this spot but I couldn't get in there and hunt until blacktail rifle and it looked like most of the game had moved out by then. I see a TON of sign in there, and I think there are more animals in there than I catch on my cameras. There are large elk tracks, lots of elk scat, and tons of deer sign. When I got in there last fall for the first time, there were areas where sign was so thick I couldn't take a step without stepping into tracks or scat or a bed.
I'm going to post a few questions in the next few posts so people can replay easier to a specific question rather than quote/cut/paste.
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