Was a rough hunt. Moon was so bright everything had distinct shadows. Bucks went nocturnal big time with that and the heat (was near 80 in the days).... Last year I?d see 75-85 deer a day and this year 15-20.... the .45-70 Govt. got to eat an old scrub buck and that?s it, but at least I went home with antlers and meat!
I saw 2 shooter muleys the first morning. Out of the ones I had on camera they were the 2 I wanted to grow some. I decided to let them walk then never saw another shooter muley all week.
I saw one decent WT 8pt opening morning but he never came out of the brush and then took off. Yesterday evening I saw a monster WT for a few seconds.... he was walking a drainage and stopped to run his antlers on some brush... It was about 5 min past shooting light and too dark to take an ethical shot... NEXT YEAR!!!
Was a great hunt with family and friends though and memories made forever.