Would you target a buck you HAD to still-hunt?

Bookhead · Sep 24, 2022

So you didn't still hunt him. Very good

Huntnful · Sep 24, 2022

Bookhead said:
So you didn't still hunt him. Very good

I did not. Glassed him at first light and shot him from that same spot. I thought I'd be able to see up into where he was living from this little knob, even though I'd never been there before. Hiked in this morning in the dark and the vantage was legit and he was out.

Rie bread · Sep 24, 2022

to answer your question still hunting is defiantly my favorite but i’ll be the first to admit the success/failure ratio is on the failure side for me atm. wind rules them all. the windiest days are my favorite.

but i hunt areas that’s are thicker drainages and your just using your binos looking for horns, legs or tails no more then 100 yards in front of you. it’s pretty fun to be damn close but not close enough watching the deer do their deer thing so close. sometimes spending a few hours to get a few yards, excruciating. got close but hit close enough again this evening!

congrats on your beastly deer and i tip the hat to your dedication. they say that it must be west of I-5 to be a black tail but i think you need to be well over the coastal range crest to be sure.

willfrye027 · Sep 24, 2022

Stud California buck! Congrats

Vanilla · Sep 24, 2022

Absolutely awesome buck! Congrats.

Bookhead · Sep 24, 2022

Huntnful said:
I did not. Glassed him at first light and shot him from that same spot. I thought I'd be able to see up into where he was living from this little knob, even though I'd never been there before. Hiked in this morning in the dark and the vantage was legit and he was out.

Sounds like you figured him out them congrats. That's mule deer hunting

Snoopdogg · Sep 25, 2022

Huntnful said:
I ended up finding a vantage I thought I could shoot him from when I was in the area during archery season. I was right ????. He was out with a few buddies on opening morning not 100 yards from where I found him in July.

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Throw a few more pics up! Great looking buck.