Ha, I knew this was coming.
I will most definitely use the excuse that the snow had melted, the deer had shed, and also the deer had moved way up the ridge from where they had been hanging out. I actually only made a short hike in there to the base of the hill, because I didn't want to push anything around.
If I remember right, the last post was about "Chasing Deer", not picking up antlers. If I can't hike on bare ground, I won't be out there. It's the guys hiking through 3 feet of snow pushing deer all over the place that I was reffering to.
There were no deer even close to this area when we were up there. Oh, and I use the quads I was given at birth.
Something tells me this response won't be "Good Enough" for you, but sorry, that's all I got.