As you all know, there’s way more to the hunt, than the kill.
One of my recent sits during a 7″ snow, included seeing three bucks. In particular, the buck in the photo, bed down for over 2 hours, within 20 yards, using two different beds. When this photo was taken, the 2 1/2 year old 6 point, was moving from the alder brush on the right side of frame, bed #1, to more alder brush just left of frame, bed #2.
I had envisioned this photo 10 minutes earlier, when a small 8 walked in, but in my excited state, reaching for my phone, he busted me. Dang!! But then I was rewarded with this buck, standing still for an hour as not to make any noise while he slept down to the right. When he moved to the second bed, I was ready, with frozen hands and a wet phone. Totally worth it!
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