Glassin' for Bucks???

[StoneCold]

Hey all,

I just returned from my Colorado Mule Deer / Elk hunt. Needless to say the weather was like summer (third season too) and we went 0-3 on all species.

My question is....It is so thick in the area I hunt that glassing seems tougher than other areas. I was hunting in the Pagosa Springs area and up high it is thick with very few openings. Even at 8x you can only see 1 or 2 holes at a time and they are small. Don't get me wrong I was glassing all the time.

How would you do it?? I felt the only way to see if animals were in the area was to walk it. I walked over 6 miles a day in pretty rough country. It didn't seem to help though. I saw sign, some even fresh (grin), but no animals.

Any thoughts??

SC

 

[overton]

>Hey all,
>
>I just returned from my Colorado
>Mule Deer / Elk hunt.
>Needless to say the weather
>was like summer (third season
>too) and we went 0-3
>on all species.
>
>My question is....It is so thick
>in the area I hunt
>that glassing seems tougher than
>other areas. I was hunting
>in the Pagosa Springs area
>and up high it is
>thick with very few openings.
>Even at 8x you can
>only see 1 or 2
>holes at a time and
>they are small. Don't get
>me wrong I was glassing
>all the time.
>
>How would you do it?? I
>felt the only way to
>see if animals were in
>the area was to walk
>it. I walked over 6
>miles a day in pretty
>rough country. It didn't seem
>to help though. I saw
>sign, some even fresh (grin),
>but no animals.
>
>Any thoughts??
>
>SC


Real sharp chainsaw?

 

[ForkWest]

I hunted this type of country early in the year. Tried to glass what little country was open. Found most of our success, although I have no patience for it, sitting water and meadows.

 

[sonofthesouth]

Same problem I was raised with. The high ground was so consistent in elevation and thick with timber that it was tuff and the low country is flat and choked with cedars and pinion. I had to learn how to still hunt at a very early age. Most of the animals I killed where very close distances and if it was big it was luck. Even though it seamed useless I have learned to glass the thick stuff and have had great luck in doing that. You just have to take advantage of any thing you can.

"Found most of our success, although I have no patience for it, sitting water and meadows."

Same here but sometimes that's the only choice you have