It is too rocky when there is no food. Deer will be just below the goats with the sheep, elk, marmots, etc.
Jeremy
All these comments are spot on from my limited experience. Shot my first buck with my bow off a nice 20' cliff that overlooked a grassy sage flat where they fed in the mornings.Nice feedback. I was out shed hunting yesterday and found a like of buck sign in the rocky areas. Not high in elevation but rocky sage/oak brush habitat. A lot of it was on the military crest.
All these comments are spot on from my limited experience. Shot my first buck with my bow off a nice 20' cliff that overlooked a grassy sage flat where they fed in the mornings.
Related to sheds, I've learned a lot about where they like to hang out by looking over those rocky areas in the low country for sheds. If you can find a good bedding area among the rocks in winter range, a guy can turn up a shed or two in there.
Well, now we've gone into shed hunting, but that's okay. I think if you find where deer spend a lot of their time based on shed concentration, it can really help you identify where to look for them in hunting/scouting seasons too!I hope to take this to the bank. Found lots of sign and beds lower with lots of rocks around a few days ago.
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Nice buck!Depends on what you mean by" rocky". We hunt very open country with lots of rock outcroppings. Deer are everywhere .View attachment 99930