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<blockquote data-quote="The Trinity Kid" data-source="post: 1379024" data-attributes="member: 91382"><p>Part 2 of December 26.</p><p></p><p>While I was in the treeline, I took advantage of the good cover to have a snack and change from my black hoodie (which is nice and warm, and decent as a concealing garment) into one of my Christmas presents that I got in October. This is a Kryptek shirt, lightweight model. It's better at blocking the wind than the hoodie, and I was moving from dark backdrops to a grassy hillside. The facemask was because the canyon I was going into was pretty windy and I didn't want my ears cold.[ATTACH=full]86693[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86694[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86695[/ATTACH] From there I made my way down through the trees to a spot where I hunt for deer. Straight across is about 300 yards. When the fog isn't slowly rising, the view down into the thicker brush is about 500 yards. But, with the fog it wasn't particularly worth a picture. Only about 50 yards of visibility.[ATTACH=full]86696[/ATTACH] I glassed here for around an hour and a half before it got fogged in as well. In that time, I saw two deer, a fox and about 10,000,000,000 mosquitoes. This picture is zoomed in as far as my phone will go. The red circle is around the hindquarters of one of the deer I saw. Both were does, by the way.[ATTACH=full]86697[/ATTACH] Of course, this spot got fogged in too. But I had one final place up my sleeve. It's around the other side of the mountain, and I've had good luck there in the past. It's a big bowl on the hillside that is protected from the weather and has a natural spring that provides water year round. There is a herd of about 35-40 deer that beds in it all year. Last year I had a 5x5 buck in that herd patterned, along with a 3x3, 3x4, large fork and a spike. I didn't get to be out there on opening day of season and someone killed three of the smaller bucks. The big one is still on the loose, according to a friend who saw him the day after season this year.[ATTACH=full]86698[/ATTACH] These next two pictures were taken within 15 minutes of the first. It shows how fast the fog was actually moving.[ATTACH=full]86699[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86701[/ATTACH] Needless to say, that ended my hunting in that area. But it was just as well, since by then it was almost 4:30pm.</p><p></p><p>But, there are still a few days to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Trinity Kid, post: 1379024, member: 91382"] Part 2 of December 26. While I was in the treeline, I took advantage of the good cover to have a snack and change from my black hoodie (which is nice and warm, and decent as a concealing garment) into one of my Christmas presents that I got in October. This is a Kryptek shirt, lightweight model. It's better at blocking the wind than the hoodie, and I was moving from dark backdrops to a grassy hillside. The facemask was because the canyon I was going into was pretty windy and I didn't want my ears cold.[ATTACH=full]86693[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86694[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86695[/ATTACH] From there I made my way down through the trees to a spot where I hunt for deer. Straight across is about 300 yards. When the fog isn't slowly rising, the view down into the thicker brush is about 500 yards. But, with the fog it wasn't particularly worth a picture. Only about 50 yards of visibility.[ATTACH=full]86696[/ATTACH] I glassed here for around an hour and a half before it got fogged in as well. In that time, I saw two deer, a fox and about 10,000,000,000 mosquitoes. This picture is zoomed in as far as my phone will go. The red circle is around the hindquarters of one of the deer I saw. Both were does, by the way.[ATTACH=full]86697[/ATTACH] Of course, this spot got fogged in too. But I had one final place up my sleeve. It's around the other side of the mountain, and I've had good luck there in the past. It's a big bowl on the hillside that is protected from the weather and has a natural spring that provides water year round. There is a herd of about 35-40 deer that beds in it all year. Last year I had a 5x5 buck in that herd patterned, along with a 3x3, 3x4, large fork and a spike. I didn't get to be out there on opening day of season and someone killed three of the smaller bucks. The big one is still on the loose, according to a friend who saw him the day after season this year.[ATTACH=full]86698[/ATTACH] These next two pictures were taken within 15 minutes of the first. It shows how fast the fog was actually moving.[ATTACH=full]86699[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]86701[/ATTACH] Needless to say, that ended my hunting in that area. But it was just as well, since by then it was almost 4:30pm. But, there are still a few days to go. [/QUOTE]
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