OutdoorAdv
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- Apr 16, 2013
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This is a different type of post compared to my usual ones, about a hunt that I typically don't share on here. The reason is that it was a bust as far as the finds went, but it was a victory in regards to spending an afternoon in the woods.
After work on Tuesday I was determined to locate a cellar hole that had somehow stayed hidden on my 4 previous attempts to find it. In the past few years, I had easily located the 3 cellars I marked with an X on this map, but the last one with the ? I simply could not locate. In past hunts I had done countless overlays, studied topo maps and hiked all over the mountain side with a GPS... couldn't find it.
After work on Tues I bungee corded my Lesche to my old mountain bike and headed up the mountain.
After considerable bushwacking I finally located what I believe to be site. I had high hopes of pockets full of buttons and coppers... but it was quiet! Couldn't even find a flat button, but many shotgun hulls that sound just like them.
So that's my typical scouting mission, that almost always turns into just a day in the woods. It was still fun, but would have been a lot cooler if I came back with some keepers.
To make up for it, I did get out to my other site last night and found some keepers which I'll share in the next few days once preservation is complete.
Happy Hunting everyone and good luck finding those long lost sites.
After work on Tuesday I was determined to locate a cellar hole that had somehow stayed hidden on my 4 previous attempts to find it. In the past few years, I had easily located the 3 cellars I marked with an X on this map, but the last one with the ? I simply could not locate. In past hunts I had done countless overlays, studied topo maps and hiked all over the mountain side with a GPS... couldn't find it.
After work on Tues I bungee corded my Lesche to my old mountain bike and headed up the mountain.
After considerable bushwacking I finally located what I believe to be site. I had high hopes of pockets full of buttons and coppers... but it was quiet! Couldn't even find a flat button, but many shotgun hulls that sound just like them.
So that's my typical scouting mission, that almost always turns into just a day in the woods. It was still fun, but would have been a lot cooler if I came back with some keepers.
To make up for it, I did get out to my other site last night and found some keepers which I'll share in the next few days once preservation is complete.
Happy Hunting everyone and good luck finding those long lost sites.
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