California D3-5 Discussion Thread

[mxgsfmdpx]

I was just back up in D3-5... Wednesday night packed in and spent the night with the deer, and left Thursday evening after still hunting all day. I knew where there was a herd of about 30-40 deer bedded in a travel hip between two ponds and a large drainage. I saw 8 deer on Thursday, 4 bucks and 2 absolute dandy bucks that I never got a chance at before they slipped away. I don’t fill my tag on forkies otherwise I would have had a buck in the cooler for the drive home before 8 am.

Not a bad hunt for being out there less than 24 hours. It’s a shame I can’t make it back out for the closer this weekend. I know right where one of the dandy bucks is bedded overnight now. Maybe he’ll be around next year. That’s hunting.

Guess who’s still around that area after the season is over cruising around? This isn’t either of the two dandy bucks I saw. He is a bigger bodied deer than the other two, but the others had taller and wider racks than this one.

 

[Hunt_Jefferson]

The bucks have arrived (or are making themselves known) in the foothills. Neighbors have been posting pics of the rutting bucks, check out this dude’s neck!

 

[huntnful]

Stud bucks for sure!