What time of day did you see the does?
I saw them throughout the day, it was only 80 at the hottest part of the day. But most were in the evening around 6pm and after. Yeah I glassed them… they were not people shy at all though. I walked right past them later and they didn’t flinch. I guess there’s a lot of hikers in that area… kinda worried that even though there’s lots of does the bucks are hiding and won’t come to that area.
Sept / Oct is the hardest time to hunt mature mule deer, they won’t be in there velvet summer pattern but they won’t be rutting or even pre rut. They are a totally different animal that time of the year and will become nocturnal and the mature bucks typically will be by themselves.
Yeah mozzy found some this summer on his PCT hike.
No sh*t? Did he post some pics on his thread?
Yeah looked like a nice 4x4
Yeah at least moving into the sun
When I hunted it a couple of years ago we had a small storm up high and the deer were moving the very next day. We were seeing herds of deer moving after the storm and it wasn't as big as the one yesterday. 4" at June lake loop means at least a foot up high so if It were me I would be hunting the corridor on the east side at last light. We saw lots of small bucks spikes two's and three's but after the storm was when we saw the only mature buck during that hunt
Not avalanches.....Ice bridges.....
Was going to go to Bishop and work around my parent’s house this week. Temps supposed to be in the 90’s. Don’t want to cut down and buck trees with temps in the 90’s with my knee swollen up. Cancelled and will make trip when weather cools down.
Possibly, though I’m unsure if your referring to over the rivers or what’s known as glide crack avalanches. These piles of deer were in avalanche debris. It makes me wonder in the D7 pressure from the bishop side keeps the deer up there that long, at least the wise old bucks.
Very good article about it....
www.outdoorlife.com
Hey thanks for the article. Snow patches turning into sheets of ice. I only witnessed the frozen deer piles that spring but heard about the piles on bishop pass that fallVery good article about it....
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