 | a doe and fawn, just below the snow line
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Our second day dawned clear as well, and we hiked up Bear Creek, crossing the tidal river mouth and following the cottonwood river bottom up the valley. An old prospector`s shack served as our base for glassing that morning, and it was nice to get out of the wind for a bit. We saw fewer deer today (we averaged about two dozen a day, half of which were bucks), although one was tempting, having that rare fourth tine on one side; only about 2% of Kodiak bucks exhibit this fourth point. He was way at the top of a mountain with a doe, and we started up the ridge in his direction, but couldn`t catch up with them. A change in the weather seemed imminent, and as we headed down, a squall of rain and hail descended, and it rained, snowed and hailed all night. My tent felt like it might fly away as wind gusts and hail slammed into the sides; thankfully my tent held fast, and didn`t even leak.
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