No they were not "needed" but as you know Art the gloves are invaluable for hunting wary species.

Those mountain goat species you hunt have hawk eyes and I can imagine them picking up some un gloved white hands across a gully fairly easily.

And yes I may have rolled the spikey but one never knows if the glove less hands alerted Mr Big watching from the bush,or more so the hinds,they have ESP the bastards.

These deer will frig about for an hour back up from the bush edge waiting till its right and if they see "something" whatever that may be that`s not kosher they just wont come out.
When the lead hind reckons its all cool they will stream out like Browns cows. I watched 18 come out like cattle getting through a gate into a fresh paddock literally run out.

Even though it is now May there are deer still only a third grown in the velvet department,that is oft the case for big stags but not the smaller jobs..climate change?

I was really pissed with not having my gloves anyway ha ha.