The most exciting thing I found was a bedding area of a mature buck. It really is one of those spots that you just know its good. In fact when I came up on it I remember stopping and looking really good thinking this is a good spot. Then I found the rubs pictured below.
This rub was on the fringe of the bedding area. Nothing to excited but it got my attention.
This is what I found in the bedding area. You can see how big of a tree this is by me being next to it. Also it looks like its been rubbed for years, which tells me this spot gets used over and over.
This was exciting enough but under the same tree about 10' away was his bed.
Here is a picture of the trunk he had rubbed and the bed in the back ground.
What this is is a patch of pines at the end of a ridge, and 3/4 of the way up. It by all definitions is a really good spot. No surprise to me it is as far away from the parking areas you can get and I had to cross 2 creek/rivers to get to it. That was an adventure in itself with how high the water was.
Here is a picture of the bedding area looking up the ridge.
I really wish there wasn't so much snow on the ground I might of stood a chance of finding his sheds but you can see how much snow there was in the pictures.
Here are some more pictures of the rest of my trip. I also found a dead buck probably EHD it was by water.
All in all a very productive trip considering I only had a day to do my scouting and put in just over 11 miles so I feel good about it.
