High altitude 7M deer activity report

[chowder]

Now that the 2cd gen is stocking the freezer I can afford to be a bit more of a watcher than a killer and it feels great. This is what I saw;

Sat am- 2 does moved thru then 1 more ran thru chased by a basket rack.Quit at 8:30 to get eldest to work.

Sat pm- 3 does feeding. Then later watched a good 8pt pt escort a doe into a brushy area.

Sun am- Saw a number of does come thundering thru my stand area. They had obviously

been pushed out of a wooded area to the west of my property boundary where there was a tremendous amount of shooting. Quit at 9 to go out to brkfast.

Sun at 1PM- My sons and I were putting the finishing touches on a new stand when a doe came running along the other side of the hedgerow we were putting the stand in. As the doe turned thru a barway she crossed to our side turned to go back where she had come from and almost ran us over. She was trailed by a nice 6 pt who stopped as he came thru the barway and stood 20 yards away staring at the three of us. He must have been trying to figure out if she was worth trying to go thru the 3 of us to get to or not. Ultimately, he finally went the opposite way into the woods.