Sometimes, Gold are so tough to get too. I have done similar things where I was like, let me get a gold before leaving and then I found no gold for an hour...lol. And Layton Lakes is not an easy map for hunting too. Those deer are beautiful.
Did you ever get a diamond whitetail or blacktail deer?
I still haven't gotten Diamonds in Layton Lake, it's true that area seems more difficult than other DLC areas. Now that I look at it, I haven't finished exploring the entire Layton Lake map, the maps are quite large.
Have you been able to get Diamonds in this reserve?
I think once I got a diamond Whitetail here, only once. In the initial days, I searched for a lot to get a diamond bear but couldn't find it. One day, I will get one for sure.