It’s bound to happen. Viewed from a big pine tree. Wind and thermal perfect, in my face, overlooking an active licking branch scrape in a funnel above an impenetrable bedding area.
Halloween, was a few days earlier. It was dead quiet. After an hour of nothing… a doe flew past. Flat out. A marvel to watch something that large speed through trees.
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Putting a late season buck on the ground is a challenging task. But when I do, it’s usually been in snow. And over the years, I have found that usually, the same old…same old… has rarely gotten it done as the season draws to a close.
Just hiking back to that same old stand just one more time, with a pocket full of hope and old intel is pretty much a waste of time.
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There are unbred does (or those that didn’t take. Deer farmers report that upwards of 50% of natural (vs. artificial insemination) conceptions fail. Does that had late, nursing fawns, and 3.20%+ doe fawns, depending upon the quality of the habitat according to research where in the Midwest, 50% of doe fawns cycle a month after their mothers and aunts.
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The third of a four-part series in New York Outdoor News chronicling the whitetail rut.
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Rutting bucks are serious and on their feet during the daytime; hitting scrapes and signpost rubs, chasing does, and each other. This is the time we’ve been waiting for. Best time to waylay a big buck, when they let down their guard a bit, sacrificing safety to carve their initials in the herd’s DNA.
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Finally, here!
Many deer hunters call this their favorite time to be in the woods: the Peak of the rut. It’s eulogized by generations of deer hunters. The best hope for anyone to tag a big whitetail buck. Yours truly included.
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Especially hunt hot entry and exit corridors leading to and from community scrapes, usually located near current food pantries. Food preferences change quickly, as do movement zones..
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It’s always exciting to spot that first buck rub of the season. And after 50-plus bow seasons, I’ve learned a few things about those early scars in the forest. Topping the list is… buck rubs differ, tremendously.
Oak Duke: Finding a whitetail rub hub Read More »
He made it through! That was the exclamation… burst, half-out-loud checking over trail cam images back in July. A 10-pointer in velvet, heavy bulbous rack, big rounded points. Wonderful to see… after looking at (yawn) uncountable images of does, fawns, spikes, rabbits…
But then again… “Are you sure it’s him?” Doubt seeps in. Odds are it’s him allright.
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