Originally Posted by
bronko22000
I know what you mean about the ruggedness of the Sproul. From our cabin in any direction but west is uphill. About 30 years ago they did a selective clear cut on the top of two of the mtns. from our camp. For the next 3-5 years the deer hunting was excellent. You would kick them out of the brush piles like rabbits. We got a few legitimate 200+ lb buck during that hayday. But now, the under story and laurel is so thick you cant' even get through it let alone hunt there. When you even try it you hear the deer blowing at you but you can't see more than 10-15 yards.
Those areas are very tough to hunt by yourself.There's no way not to bump them and they can lay in there all day and never have to leave,especially if there's a decent mast crop.You have to move them out which is hard to do if you only have a couple guys.If they're big enough,you'll never even get them out because they just keep circling back around.I'll put one or two guys downwind just inside the clearcut where they can see for a little bit and I go in the upwind side.The vast majority of times you never even know there was deer in there until you hear a shot.