Thread: Best use of time re glassing red deer

Hey all,

When doing a spot and stalking/glassing heavy style of hunting. Do you sit and glass all day from a good spot - or just to focus on the mornings and evenings when the deer are more active?

Does it change for you depending on the season e.g. I've seen animals out on the tops longer in may for instance as they are feeding up before winter.

Trying to use my time as efficiently as possible and it feels like you need to watch an area at morning and night at least before you can decide if its holding animals or not. The other option is covering tons of ground during the day and glass into new country - but at non productive times.. seems like a catch 22 haha.

Got me thinking following a swift overnighter I did this past Thursday. Hiked into some new country I'd looked at on topo/google earth and made a plan to be glassing a nice grassy patch on sunrise. As dawn broke I spied a single stag and then another couple hinds. Due to the topography of the country the closest I could close the distance to was 550m, this is further than I've practiced shooting so I just made the call to watch them for the early morning and not risk making a bad shot. They fed out for a while then evaporated back into the bush.

After that I took off to scout some more country that looked great but didn't come across anything else and walked out that evening.

cheers all and sorry if this is a dumb question - just always tryin to learn