Day 2 done and dusted! Got up a bit earlier today to see if we could glass a few ridges as the sun started to hit them and we got skunked! Glassed a ridge we had seen whitetail on the past two days but this morning, we didn’t see one. We decided to reposition to another spot another half mile in and it gave us a better view of a few more ridges. As we were setting up the tripods, my buddy’s fiance saw two deer move down the hill we were on about 50 yards behind us. Of course we didn’t check the area thoroughly. She barely caught a glimpse of them so not sure if they were mulies, whitetails, does, or bucks.
Right around 10:30, I glassed a Coues buck way down the ridge almost coming down into a bowl at the bottom. He wasn’t spooked but was moving quick, and since he was still half a mile away and almost down to the trees, we didn’t make a move. The rest of the morning went by slow so we decided to check out the bowl the buck went into. I know that your typical Coues hunting is glass, spot, and stalk but we knew where he probably was the issue was just how dense the vegetation would be inside the bowl. Sure enough, it was pretty darn dense in there. We took it slow and as I was pushing over a small incline, I saw a white tail move off through the trees about 80 yards away. I immediately stopped to see if anything else was around. After starring hard in that area I had seen the tail go, I saw the flick of an ear. Right in front of me at 77 yards (I ranged it) was a little Coues doe. I took a knee and she just went back to foraging on some shrubs. Not sure why she didn’t spook when the other did, but it was really cool getting to watch her up close. The rest of my group slowly made their way to me and she ended up taking off then, but I felt blessed to have watched her for a few minutes.
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful as well. On our hike out, we bumped a group of three Coues does but only really got a good look at their tails. We also ran into several mulies, including a group of 7 or 8 does with a spike. All in all a long day (over 8 miles hiked), but we had a good time and are looking ahead to tomorrow. Maybe Sunday is the day? I’ll keep you posted!