Thread: Winter hunting

Hi.

I am sorry to reply so late, but I was in Europe for some time and had no time to report.
And I think I owe you one since you were so kind with your hints.

So, with my friend we had whole weekend for hunting. At that time the snow line was
still somewhere around 900m.
Since we had some walking ahead (approx 5 hours in summer) we started early. After
about three hours of walking I found out that my friend's physical capabilities are far
from what is needed for that kind of trip. We had spent most of our time just walking
and there was not much time left for hunting if we wanted to reach the bivvy.

But, anyway, we saw a deer, but were a little too careless and it ran away. In areas
under the snow line we saw quite a lot of tracks and fresh poo. So, animals were
there and with a better approach it would be feasible to expect to get lucky.

Next day, I just left my friend with his pace, hit into the bush and exercised animal
tracking. I was able to find fresh tracks, poo and someone's "bedroom". Tried to
walk as quiet as I could with loots of observation. I think I got pretty near some
animal since I was able to smell it ... but did not see it. Maybe my quiet was not
quiet enough.

So, thank you all for your help, I was not disappointed since it was fun and I
learned some new things. Will just have to do it few more times :-)

RegK