The hunt was on. I did not expect much success in this first phase. One guy alone in this country cannot hunt draws with much hope of getting a deer. If you work the draw to push the deer out, you will probably be in deep brush when the animal breaks loose, if it does. When you climb the razor-back, you do not get close enough to the bedded animals to move them.
Blacktails tend to stick to their beds like a tick on a hound.
I decided to try splitting the difference by walking the side of the draw. To make things worse, the ground is loose, rocky and muddy. I heard it go thumping over the hill behind me just in time to turn and see it go pogo-sticking across the razor back. I thought I saw antlers, but could not be sure. I was too busy trying not to slide down the rocky slope.