Any backcountry hunters or explorers?

Log Hopper wrote:

I 2nd the range finder. I suck at estimating distance especially out west, its nice to have the confidence in the distance.

NvHermit wrote:

Here's one I shot with my new Phone Skope this morning

Daniel816 wrote:

Nice buck! When is your tag?

plowboy wrote:

You mentioned getting "separation" from other hunters. This is exactly why I stopped hunting public land 30 years ago. I had some shit sticks try to...

You mentioned getting "separation" from other hunters. This is exactly why I stopped hunting public land 30 years ago. I had some shit sticks try to shoot me out of my tree stand 30 feet up. They told the game warden they thought I was a white tail as I stood there in orange cap, vest, pants. Had just as bad luck on private property. The owner gave me "exclusive" rights but forgot to mention he also told another guy the same. I was down in a draw slowly walking 6 white tails to a 160 acre plowed field. Easy pickin's. Then 30-30 rounds start hitting all around me. The other guy and his son were uphill brush busting trying to get lucky. Last time I ever hunted.

Daniel816 wrote:

Well I wish I was typing this with awesome news and pics but its been unsuccessful in the tag filling department but the hunts alone have...

Well I wish I was typing this with awesome news and pics but its been unsuccessful in the tag filling department but the hunts alone have been a blast. To the point of why I started this thread I did end up getting the SPOT GEN 3 and I'm pretty happy with it as is the Mrs. My archery cow elk hunt was a disaster. Dead batteries on the truck 2 days in, a trailer wheel and tire coming off at 80 MPH and leaving me stranded on a two lane road were the highlights. The elk definitely knew it was time to hide and the few people I ran into were on the struggle bus. It also has not helped the amount of smoke in Northern Nevada let alone the unit I was hunting has all but burned down.

So I put my head down and focused on my deer tag. First day I went out I was in business and making stalks, I was able to get to 80 yards (prefer 60 max) before I was busted. Day three I snuck in and sat 35 yards from an amazing deer for 3 hrs before he busted out on me and left me no shot. All in all I had a total of 12 stalks in 12 days of hunting and it was an array of things that messed each up. A few stalks I was too impatient and just rushed it. Others were wind changes but my last one I couldn't help but laugh. 58 yards from a bedded buck, facing away from me, was just waiting for him to move when some chukar started cackling behind me and he whipped around to see me drawing back, I drew, anchored in and was setting my pin on him when he whipped around and ran. I was bummed at first but had to laugh at how it all went down. I averaged a little over 2 miles a day on foot for almost 26 miles total of hiking and stalking so tag soup didn't come from a lack of effort. Time to relax a little regroup and get ready for one last hunt in November!