bstpeter Report post Posted August 22, 2011 About that water question I'm not a pro but with my experience in the last three days, I was in an area where it had rained as well and people were sitting water and talking with me about it. I saw 6 bucks in three days all stalking till I finally put a blind on a really nice trail and a good buck beat me to my blind this morning I watched him as I walk into it about .3 miles off a tank..long story but I'll blame it on the Hatch Chiles my buddy made me eat with dinner. Lots of puddles with tracks on them. I didn't talk with anyone in my area that had luck seeing deer on tanks but I was hunting in the woods and saw 6 just my experience. Couldn't get any of them with in 40 yrds though but better than not seeing anything. Good luck and get in the woods Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KaibabHunter Report post Posted August 23, 2011 6 bucks in 3 days is not bad at all! I wish I had more scouting opportunities for this hunt but only got in 2 trips this summer but in areas I spent a good chunk of time in last year so I'm not goin in completely blind. Its a rough as heck area and getting around is not easy and mostly by foot - no quad for me... I used a couple tanks as a guage. The other spot I've been watchin is on fire right now and I couldn't get into check my setup last week. Initially it was pretty dry at the time, had a lot of sign, and fairly isolated. I have 10 days for this hunt so I should have plenty of time to find a good trail or something with potential other than a tank. I love glassin so there's always that. I bought a blind this year and figured I'd put it to use, just need to dial it in on a higher traffic area. Head up tomorrow so we'll see what ends up workin in the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted August 23, 2011 I talked to a guy that had sat a tank the first 3 days of the season and not one deer came in since the rain. He also has a camera on it so he's not missing any either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soazarcher Report post Posted August 23, 2011 On the other hand, we sat a water source for 5 hours total, over 2 days, and had 9 deer come in, including 5 bucks. All in daylight hours. On sit was 3pm to 5pm, the other 4:30pm till dark. So, it depends on the "micro-climate" you are hunting. This particular area had be missed by the storms for a week or so. It was a hot and dry day. Good day for hunting water. A few miles away, the tanks were spilling over there dams, all the canyon flooded, and water was standing on the flats. Not so good for hunting water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
