Yeah I don't think he's any older than that but wasn't even going to entertain the idea if he was 3.5. He's not daylighting yet so I may just watch him but if he slips up it may be to his demise. The area I think he's bedding in is a cedar thicket with lots of chest high weeds in a creek bottom. I really didn't find a good place to hunt out of a tree and given the amount of stem count I may try my ghille on the edge of this little clover patch that's opened up. Man it will be hot in that suit though!
He's moving in daylight the first hour of the day and last hour of afternoon... somewhere. Thats one thing I've learned in the past 3 velvet hunts. Doesn't matter how old they are, they are NOT completely nocturnal in summer. Now he may not be moving in daylight on the property you have permission to hunt and is getting to your place after dark, then headed back before dawn. Get to the best vantage point on the property and start glassing early am and late pm. Once you spot him, figure out where he is coming out of, then go after him during the velvet hunt. He will do the same thing over and over unless he gets bumped off his routine. You only get once chance though. If he smells you, it's over for the hunt.
Me and you think so alike with this approach. I'm closing in on him. Still got plenty of time to figure him out. Or perhaps another might come by in the interim…
