Lennyjoe
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So no luck yet on downing a Coues Whitetail in this unit but I did have an interesting experience this morning.
While sitting on a ridge, glassing the side of the mountains about 2 miles north of the border, I had a scout walk up on me. He was in Army ABU's, had some type of satchel on his side and a big pair of binoculars. No guns of any sort so I knew right away he was a scout. For those that aren't accustomed to border goings on, scouts are sent out by the smugglers to identify a clear path and to keep an eye on the Border Patrol.
He got to about 10 yards from me before I exposed myself and he just about crapped his pants when I stepped out. I told him to move to his left and go that way because I was hunting this area. He moved over to he end of the rock formation and acted like he was glassing the ridge with me. About 10 minutes later he walked down the ridge to the road. Headed east a bit and then down south towards the border.
I headed to my truck about 10 am as I had to get to work and just down the road was 2 border patrol trucks. I stopped and told them what happened and they were standing where the scout left the road and headed south.
They were pretty casual about it and didn't seem to excited about going after him. I told them my story and headed out.
Back at it Thursday after this wind and front passes through.
On a sad note, I decided to stay home Sunday and spend some time with my girlfriend and do "honey do's". Yea, not a good choice as the place I am hunting, 2 bucks were taken out of tht area............
While sitting on a ridge, glassing the side of the mountains about 2 miles north of the border, I had a scout walk up on me. He was in Army ABU's, had some type of satchel on his side and a big pair of binoculars. No guns of any sort so I knew right away he was a scout. For those that aren't accustomed to border goings on, scouts are sent out by the smugglers to identify a clear path and to keep an eye on the Border Patrol.
He got to about 10 yards from me before I exposed myself and he just about crapped his pants when I stepped out. I told him to move to his left and go that way because I was hunting this area. He moved over to he end of the rock formation and acted like he was glassing the ridge with me. About 10 minutes later he walked down the ridge to the road. Headed east a bit and then down south towards the border.
I headed to my truck about 10 am as I had to get to work and just down the road was 2 border patrol trucks. I stopped and told them what happened and they were standing where the scout left the road and headed south.
They were pretty casual about it and didn't seem to excited about going after him. I told them my story and headed out.
Back at it Thursday after this wind and front passes through.
On a sad note, I decided to stay home Sunday and spend some time with my girlfriend and do "honey do's". Yea, not a good choice as the place I am hunting, 2 bucks were taken out of tht area............