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Out for another look around this morning learning the area a bit more. After a few trips I'm getting a good understanding of the lay of the land and where the deer are spending their time.

First bust was only 10 minutes from the car. Climbing the ridge under the light from the headlamp I woke up a deer only 15 metres to my right which trotted away with a bit of a snort as it went.

This made me stop and wait till the morning light was enough for me to see without the headlamp. Up the ridge further I cut across onto the next ridge which from my research of aerial photos I thought would be a great morning bedding area for deer. A thin ridge with patchy broken areas facing the northeast. This area needed some investigation.

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Slowly up the ridge the wind was good, the sign was good, my research was paying off. Got a bit high up and encountered some lovely gorse and bush lawyer (not a real hunt without it) this was where I heard the second deer moving down the hill away from me.

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Again I slowly progress but with the warmth from the sun now hitting the faces the wind is very slightly swirling around. Some more good sign is seen including a couple of wallows. Next the 3rd deer jumps up with the tell tale thud on the ground and I see a bush violently waving as the deer makes its escape.

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Now in the head of the creek I cut around and make my way back down the other side, being a bit scrubby I drop down into the center of the valley and slowly progress downstream.

Now this is where things got exciting, not because I saw any deer but the sign in the area would put a deer farm to shame. Still a bit thick with visibility fairly short but I'm definitely going to be back for another look.

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Well if you struck out,no hope for a blunderer like the rest of us. Funny area to get to grips on.we will crack it eventually mate. Keep going back,sooner or later it will happen,you have cracked it before and will do it again.

Send me the co ords and I'll mark where they will be.

Imagine being in there during the roar!

no deer there in the roar.

Attachment 255354Attachment 255355 yup no deer here.

Sheeesh, looks like you found a better area than I did. What animals are making all that mess? No deer in there. :D

geese i think

Must be pigs.

no pigs there either

Possums make a real mess of the ground around the bathing 🛁 areas. They have mud fights then wash all the mud off and head back up a tree to feed and dry off .

Might be time you fellas went to speck savers

Maybe it was nubile Amazon women with beer.

okay Rumpy my impression of what I am looking at in those photos very little of the prints are fresh well I cant see any that are-- it looks to me like there has been a mob of pigs living in that area but have not been there for some time -- some is deer sign-- and some is possum sign