After breakfast, we will send two hunters with every guide to our predetermined spots for some early morning hunting. Our deer hunts start the second weekend of November and run for nine days, through the peak of the rut. In my mind, there is no better time to score a big buck. My hunting area consists of mostly open rolling hills with hay or alfalfa meadows in between.
Deer tend to feed early, then bed up in the hills above the fields during mid-day.
This makes for some exciting hunting action. Walking the ridgelines and hills is tough hunting, as the hunter needs to walk slow and have great eyesight. As you walk up each hill, you need to peek over the top and look for bedded deer. If you get impatient and just walk over the hill, your buck could be gone in the blink of an eye. At noon, we head back to the lodge to see if any other hunters were successful in their morning hunt and to eat a hot home-cooked meal.