With deer season just around the corner (August 1st in this neck of the woods) we finally decided we needed to drop what we were doing, make some time away from work and home and get out and scout. Not only for the pure and simple fact of trying to see what is going on out in the mountains, but because we need to get our legs in shape. And lets admit it, we just plain needed a break. Dealing with people day in and day out can wear on a person, and its done gone and wore on us.
On any note, we managed to score a sweet ride to the top and started wandering from there. We started climbing further up another mountain looking for a good vantage point to scope out the surrounding valleys and mountain tops…
As we started to make our way towards the top we came upon a small alpine pond. There were a few small deer trails around it, but nothing to get excited about.
As we neared the top we came upon a small gulley still with snow in it. We had a good view from there of the backside of the mountain, and some lower terraces. We sat down to take a break and glass as there were many small ponds and meadows surrounded by fringes. As I glassed near a small pond I noticed a nice heavy deer trail. I began to follow the deer trail with my binocs to the treeline when I noticed a deer walking along it. Now, we must have been about 700-800 yards away and it was moving quick. I’m not %100 sure but the body size was larger, and since most of the does should have fawns this time of year, I feel pretty confident it was a buck.
We continued with a drudge up the hill. We were greeted with a wonderful view, but not many other sightings of deer. We saw a grand total of 4 throughout this evening hike. One was a definate buck that was about 1400 yards across a HUGE valley in Alder HELL. Don’t think we’ll be going after him.
All in all the weather was nice and we got some awesome photos. Not a bad outing?!
June 30th, 2010, posted by OneLunG
Daily life, Hunting Log 2010
…and we’ll be hunting Sitka Black-Tail Deer on some alpine mountain top. We can’t wait!
We’ve scored a new stick for this season. A custom .300 Winchester Magnum that should do the job:
Yep, it is the season!
We’re still debating on the location. We’ve got a few local areas were gonna start checking on. Reports have been good with an abundance of deer this spring. The hunt should be a good one. We scored a new North Face Minibus 23 tent as well as a synthetic bag to test this fall. The tent weighs in at 5lbs and should be a decent alpine tent as long as it keeps us dry and has relatively light condensation.
On the fishing front, our good partner Ben got us out fishing. We ended up going out and looking for some flat-fish and we scored a 2 man limit, the biggest weighing in at about 50lbs. We only had one “oops” during that trip so all in all, it was a huge success.
And last but not least, the Kings are starting to show in Fish Creek. We managed to get out there today, and after about 4 hours, scored a nice Chromer. Only saw a total of 2 fish caught during our time there including ours.
We’re looking at doing an evening scout tomorrow evening. Hoping to maybe see a few day and get a better handle on where to do our alpine hunt. Stay tuned, theres more coming up!
June 27th, 2010, posted by OneLunG
Daily life, Fishing Log 2010, Fishing Logs, Hunting Log 2010, Hunting Logs
Well, we just wrapped up a rather busy work week. Nothing like working 12 10 hour days straight. Whew, we are sure tired.
Unfortunately we can’t say we’ve been up to much. We’re still hashing plans for the fall hunting. Only 46 more days till we’re up in the alpine chasing bucks. We’re prepping a new area, and the scounting has just commenced. We’re looking to score a dandy this year and we think we’ve got just the spot!
On the fishing front its been dismal. We finally have our license, though we haven’t even pulled the gear out. We’re just not hard up for it this year. Though the Kings are starting to show at the terminal harvest areas and that has us a little excited.
We’re going to do the Sockeye thing, just waiting for the goat-rope show that that always is to slow down. We did make a pre-season scout on that, as well as watch Butters do a little fly fishing for Dollies….No joy though…
Its misting outside today…Maybe a good day for a hike?!
June 15th, 2010, posted by OneLunG
Daily life
