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High or Low
- Thread starter GeoFish
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Thanks been looking high. Found some buck sign.hunt higher than where you park your truck so when you kill your deer, its all downhill from there
Kidding aside, food is more available low. Then look at the gaps between the high spots.
Going scouting low tomorrow. Only going to hit 80 degrees tomorrow.
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Never the bottom or the top but anywhere else in between for me.
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It's super situational.
Usually, near the top but not on the top, is best....but it depends upon the sign.
Keep in mind that soils at the top are harder and thinner (better drained, more erosion) and don't hold sign like in the bottoms. So, you'll sometimes think there is more activity at lower elevations simply because it's easier to "stomp a cow path" when the soil is twice as thick and wet half the time.
Usually, near the top but not on the top, is best....but it depends upon the sign.
Keep in mind that soils at the top are harder and thinner (better drained, more erosion) and don't hold sign like in the bottoms. So, you'll sometimes think there is more activity at lower elevations simply because it's easier to "stomp a cow path" when the soil is twice as thick and wet half the time.
Where ever the deer are. In the mountain area here where I have been scouting and just started hunting, last year there was a lot of buck sign high from last season. But there was also a lot of acorns high last year. This year there are basically no acorns high anywhere I have been and no sign either of any kind. All the deer I have seen and all the sign I have found is low in and around thick cover areas with lots of browse and some acorns.
Extremely situational. Following the sign can lead you to your demise in the Mtns. Generally where I find the best sign are unhuntable locations. Where the true wind smashes into those rising thermals often holds great sign, but you're gunna get busted every time.
When it's unseasonably warm like that I prefer lower bottoms where the cool air resides.