Richie's Time to Shine Again

They tend to vanish for the month of March and show up again in time for the roar. Even then, older stags are less likely to be found in the open so Ritchie, Baden and I knew our time to find big, mature animals was coming to a close.

We had some days to kill before our trip south in search of Whitetail so we decided to try a spot a little closer to home. This spot is not all that popular due to its rugged terrain and typically low deer numbers. But with low numbers comes plentiful feed and with lots of bush and places for stags to hide in, we thought we would have a good chance of finding something decent.

Leaving the car early in the afternoon, we set our sights on reaching the tops before dark. We chose a ridge that I had been up before so