A deer for Stuey

 

I got back exhausted from 2 weeks of archaeology and camping on Karluk Lake and immediately went hunting with Stuey. We left town well before dawn at 4:30 AM, and hiked up the mountain in the dark. We got to the top about the same time as the sun rose.  

We saw deer everywhere, and Stuey saw a spike (legal deer - on road system only male deer are legal) in an easy place to access.  I wanted a bigger deer and told Stuey we'd pass.  Then while we were glassing a big bowl, and there were plenty of big deer on the bottom, a bear woke up in the bushes near us with a loud 'HUFF, HUFF'. We never saw the bear and pepper spray in hand we backed up a bit away from the bowl. 

This summer I've already been deer hunting a couple of times with Stuey and we have passed on deer. And then in the end we did not get deer.  Stuey did not want that to happen this time.  So we went back after the easy to access spike. And Stuey got him - a very tasty spike.

Good decision Stuey!

Patrick