in 1974 me, my dad, brother and dads friend had to hunt a new area due to overnight snow fall keeping us off the mountain. we went to a spot we had hunted small game and on the way in we saw a big buck cross the road and go up a draw through a field and up the ridge. that afternoon i sat at the bottom of that draw and shot my first deer, a six point. through the years my brother used it and got many deer there. in 2008 when my boys were 12 we sat there and they both got their first deer there on the exact spot i got mine in 74. since then my sons have gotten several more there. unfortunately the area has gotten smaller as other parcels have been bought up and posted but this 20 or so acre pocket and the big old hemlock we have all sat under is still "old reliable". its just not as much fun to hunt since you really can't move much. due to terrain, i have no doubt that the deer have been using this draw for eons and will continue.
