havgunwilltravel
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They might have been more of a distraction for you then an asset...
Do you think there were sheep in that area you hunted? Did you find beds, trails and sign indicating they were there but perhaps you just never located them? To me it looks pretty good mixed habitat for them, but i understand the complexities of early season alpine hunting with low animal numbers and high temperatures that can put animals into shade and heavy cover pretty quick reducing opportunities for visual encounters. What about the moon, i guess with a decent moon those sheep would have to feed a lot in the cool night air, studies have shown tahr in nz move a lot on the nights when the moon is large enough to allow visibility and safe grazing.
I could imagine it would be very easy to glass a high timbered basin or rocky outcropping, not see anything, then in the last 5 minutes of day have an animal ease out of cover onto grass. And even more so it is pretty tough glassing from lower down in valley floors up onto much higher elevations above, there is always a percentage of dead ground you just can't see into unless you are on the opposite ridge and level or preferably above where you are glassing.
