>This was my first hunt in
>X7B and I was a
>little surprised that I did
>not see more big bucks.
>I did my homework with
>DFG and the local biologist,
>but after seeing your post
>and talking to that rancher
>makes me wonder... I heard
>some interesting stories about the
>"big ones" hiding on the
>golf course after rifle season
>opened, in fact driving into
>Truckee for Monday night football
>we saw a group of
>10 bucks (mostly big ones)4x4s
>and 3x3s standing right on
>the road, in fact we
>had to wait for a
>few minutes for them to
>mosey off the road. Too
>dark to take photos...
>Personally I would have liked to
>hunt the many Xzones back
>in the 70s, but I
>limited myself to Azone blacktails
>because that is where I
>lived and the area I
>knew best.
>I thought it interesting that alot
>of the bigger bucks I
>saw were crab claws, genes?
>We did see some big
>3x3s with nice forks but
>my buddy just couldn't put
>it all together.
>
>Everyone I met or talked to
>was very knowledgable and personable,
>the only folks we ran
>into that were rude and
>noisy in camp were some
>"russians" who had a bunch
>of dinks and sporks hanging
>and partied all night long.
>All the guys I met
>from this site and another
>were great people and we
>shared info...
>Hope to cross paths too someday...
>
>
>Stop Global Whining
Those lawn chair hunting guys were something else...ran into the one guy opening morning didn't even know what zone he was in or it's boundaries. Unreal. Wanted to know the eastern boundary, I was like really? Nevada........Went on to ask all the other sides too. Get a map or check regs before you drive up.
All the guys from here are good people with passion for hunting. Sage is really helpful and seems to rescue my pics every time. Thanks again!
You did your home work and something I have never done but said I would for years, call the biologist. That is a big zone and unfortunately I only know a small portion of it, habit habit habit. Learning up north and staying off that damn peak so I'm doing better. Good looking country to the south but the map confuses me as to how much is public and stayed away again. Ran into some locals at the store and should have got a bit better info from them, they always get good deer per them. My buddy got a tip from the warden opening morning and I will try to figure that out next summer. Maybe that is where the big ones are before they feed on the gold course?
nugentfan