I recently got the chance to get up in the mountains on a 3 day 3 night high country mule deer hunt. Back packed right on the knees/timberline of the rockies. Unbelievable country. Could not have been more excited. But that excitement quickly ebbed as deer sign was sparse and old, wolf sign was prevalent and fresh.
One meadow/basin I sat and glassed an entire afternoon, didn’t see a thing. So the next morning I thought I’d give it one more shot as there was enough deer sign to give me hope. Come back into my spot to see wolf tracks like popcorn across the whole place. So I move on.
Spot 3 does, sat on them at 150 yards from 11am until dark hoping for mister buck. And that was it....3 does in 3 days of hours of glassing. It is hunting....but boy! Like I said, you really had to try to find fresh deer sign. However I practically tripped over fresh wolf sign anywhere I went.
Once they move in, they cover a lot of ground very thoroughly.
Grizz
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"Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal."
John E. Pfeiffer The Emergence of Man
written in 1969
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