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cootcaller
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Okay, I've been looking around on this site for a while now, and decide to finally join!
For my first post, I have a question. We hunt an area of private/ public land in Eastern WA, typical muley country of sage with hills etc. When we are scouting we generally drive around on ATV's or trucks and don't venture to far off the roads for fear of spooking deer.
Recently we found some new country that looks pretty good, we seen deer on a couple occasions about 2,000 yards off a dirt road. We think these deer are using a bowl to bed down in during the day that is about a half mile off the road.
So hears my question. We are planning to be over in the area a couple days before the season opens and I want to know if I should sneak into that bowl before it gets light and glass the area for a couple hours. My buddy says that I might spook the bucks, but curiosity is getting the better of me and I want to know if these bucks are using that bowl. I really don't want to just setup there for the opener before I know that the bucks we've seen are using that bowl.
So, do you think its okay to go into the area your going to hunt the day before the season opens?
For my first post, I have a question. We hunt an area of private/ public land in Eastern WA, typical muley country of sage with hills etc. When we are scouting we generally drive around on ATV's or trucks and don't venture to far off the roads for fear of spooking deer.
Recently we found some new country that looks pretty good, we seen deer on a couple occasions about 2,000 yards off a dirt road. We think these deer are using a bowl to bed down in during the day that is about a half mile off the road.
So hears my question. We are planning to be over in the area a couple days before the season opens and I want to know if I should sneak into that bowl before it gets light and glass the area for a couple hours. My buddy says that I might spook the bucks, but curiosity is getting the better of me and I want to know if these bucks are using that bowl. I really don't want to just setup there for the opener before I know that the bucks we've seen are using that bowl.
So, do you think its okay to go into the area your going to hunt the day before the season opens?