That Mule Deer Buck Taught Me Why Angle Compensation Matters
He gave me thirty seconds on that sidehill – and fifteen years of guessing landmarks nearly cost me the best mule deer buck I’d ever glassed.
April 27, 2026
He gave me thirty seconds on that sidehill – and fifteen years of guessing landmarks nearly cost me the best mule deer buck I’d ever glassed.
I’d run three cameras on that crossing before I trusted any of them – and the Sierra taught me fast which glow you can’t afford.
My old boots finally cracked apart after four seasons of California shale and chaparral thorns–so I laced up the Danner Pronghorn 8″ GTX to see if it could fill them.
I’d been hunting coastal blacktail with the same external frame pack for eleven years before my lower back finally told me it was done.
Fog swallowed the ridge by 5:40, and I had maybe eight minutes before the timber went dark again.