D - 11, hunting there is better than ever ! The habitat is real good since the station fire , before that it was old growth timber ,sage and all that . Not too much to eat however . The holding capacity for wild life is much healthier now since the station fire , from mice to mountain lions ! I did archery deer 2 years ago , at one of my stands I would see 6 to 9 deer every hunt and a bear at least one time a week . I saw four different bears . The bucks didn't show up till at least the rut , in any great numbers. Deer scent works too , I found it takes weeks for them to get attracted to any rag you set out . Its that two week stretch where there hormones rage before the does go in heat that it works best !! So if I put some on a rag, I would hang it out side my stand till end of season . Scout that stand , hunt it when the bucks show up ! I put doe urine on the ground ,as if a doe went there , then after two weeks or a month . bucks visit every day depending how close the rut is !!! Making rubs and scrapes . Once the rut starts it is not as effective . Thirty years ago I would hunt the burn areas , because they attracted so many deer . That far lighting strike on that far ridge that burned 1 to five acres will attract a lot of wild life , so I used to look for those . I found scent eliminator soaps and sprays work fantastic . Try red box canyon .
