Originally Posted By: Venator
I posted this reply under the other Skyline thread but the mor I though about it, the more it felt like thread jacking... so here's my question - would sure appreciate some help from some veteran Skyline hunters.

I'm going to be hunting up there for the first time this year. I won't be able to come out any of the November hunts, but will be there for most of the December and January days. I've done a little scouting, but with that terrain I gotta ask the pros - where are y'all seeing the buck movement? Do bucks move on top of the mountains or are they moving along the sides ( along the shelves and benches)? I'm not asking for anyone's honey hole or anything... just a hint as far as where y'all tend to see some buck sign and movement.

Also... I've heard later is better up there because the rut is kickin late December-mid January. Is this right?


Can be hard sometimes to know where bucks will travel in the hills looking for does. But I've seen them more times than not on the benches 3/4 way up or higher.