Area 7 Late Rifle

[greatbasin]

I had Area 7 once before in a Sept muzz hunt and ate the tag. I passed up many 3 pts. but could not find a bigger buck anywhere.

From I have learned that hunt was 2 years after a massive die off(2003 I think)...It was a hard lesson learned.

How about the late rifle season, any of you ever hunt this? Is it worth 8 points?
Is a lot of snow necessary to make it a good hunt?
Any thoughts on trends over the last few seasons?

Just wondering what kind of quality and numbers a guy could expect. Thanks, PM me if you'd rather.

GB

 

[nitis]

I hunted this once with my cousin who had the tag and it can be tough. We were there about 5 days after the opener which had some weather right before the opener tose who hunted the opening day had good luck and saw a lot of deer. We didnt see much so the deer had obviously already passed through. IF the weather comes early you could miss them altogether. But if the weather starts and stops then starts again who knows where you will find them.

As far as quality of buck I am convinced there are huge bucks in every unit in Nevada all the time! Especially in the eastern desert its all about finding them they are there.

 

[greatbasin]

Thanks nitis.