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Lenny

Lenny

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Man it’s been awfully quiet on here regarding big game. Rough start to A22/D16 this year. My usual consistent spots are a ghost town lately. How’s everyone else doing?
 
ilovesprig said:
The best 40 acres in SD Co. is nearly void of deer...3 lions have decimated the deer herd in that area...MCC has deer, but not nearly the numbers of years pass...Pretty good amount of forkey's and spikes, but no shooters so far... ;)

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It sure seems like the big cats hit them extra hard this year. Between that and the high number of doe tags given every year, I’m starting to wonder if this is sustainable
 
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I broke every SCH rule and went on a monster hike Tuesday. Glassed up a total of 8 does and 1 small forky all in a valley I found last year and wanted to try again. He was a horny little fella and I just couldn’t bring myself to take away his mojo. Plus I was too deep and the thought of packing it out by myself wasn’t too appealing. It was a very bright full moon the night before and I was surprised at how many deer were on their feet in the morning. Every deer I saw was in a dewy patch of fresh grass from the recent rain. At about 945 they all started bedding down and disappeared. Good luck. IMG_2386.jpeg
 
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In some areas it’s been down but in others the future is bright. The areas it’s down for me are areas that get hit hard by rifle hunters so it could just be the pressure that’s pushing them onto private along with the brutal drought before a month ago. In a few different spots I’m still seeing every single doe I run across most times having two fawn, if not they have one. Really good sign for the coming years.
 
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I went out scouting the night before the opener and glassed up 4 legal bucks. Opener was a zoo with guys hiking all over.

I spent last weekend up in D14 trying to get it done and glassed up a dozen bedded doe but no bucks. With the bright moon, I noticed that they were all bedded at first light. Deer didn't get on their feet until 8:30 or so.
 
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Went out for opener and one other AM. Spot was cooked. Literally. I think the extreme heat / warm winter we had dried it out and the deer moved elsewhere. Not sure I'll get out much more with Dads NM Elk tag right around the corner.
 
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took a guy out saturday morning in the 16. Found a buck got him to 320yds he missed....

Back to AZ now leaving for coues on Thursday. I can still feel all the CA on me I really understand @HATCHET1 now that I have moved to the promise land.
 
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TRICER said:
took a guy out saturday morning in the 16. Found a buck got him to 320yds he missed....

Back to AZ now leaving for coues on Thursday. I can still feel all the CA on me I really understand @HATCHET1 now that I have moved to the promise land.
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Yes sir...I'm in( jackastan )for the closer in the D zone these next 5 days( I hate myself for being here)...then it's back to the mother land for Large desert mule bucks for 7...then Large coues bucks for 10 days after thanksgiving...I hate AZ..
 
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