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Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. #2881235
08/17/19 09:56 PM
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How many of you have a buck that you know you will run into this year? What is your method of attack? Let's hear it. Here's my top 3.

Buck #1.....

Saw this deer feeding on the side of the road in November 2017. He was 2.5 years old and had 8" G2s. Saw him again crossing the same road 500 yards further down, and this was in back in January. After a little bit of footwork I think I have one of his travel routes pegged. If any of y'all ever seen the big long tined 8pt on the wall in Hancock's BBQ, he ought to look similar to that this year.

Buck #2......

I've had a long history with this deer and if I don't get him this year, he will more than likely start going downhill. I know exactly where he beds, he has always been there every time I have entered it, which has been twice after the season was out and I was just dropping in, knocking on his door to say hi. The difficult part is he can see everything around him and he can see part of the road that everyone walks down, which is to the south of his bed. You can't enter into the planted pines he is bedded in. He will see you or smell you. He will not leave his safe zone during daylight, but he does get up and scent check the edges of it during the rut. He's a 6pt with no brow tines and is well over 200lbs. Getting him out of that bottom is going to be a challenge.

Buck #3..... This deer peruses our property in Tensaw a lot, especially during the rut. He beds on a little thick knoll surrounded by open hardwoods by the creek. He always enters his bedding area from the east with a strong north wind Cameras shown me that last year. He can't see anything to the north of the knoll toward the creek. He's probably a 5 year old by now. 9pt.

I've had a lot of success in the past by locating where mature bucks bed. I have done a lot of walking around and jumping big bucks. This has taught me a great deal about what to look for and what a hunted mature buck will look for as far as a safe hideout. As soon as I jump him, I will walk to where he was bedded and find out why he was there. This is what I have figured out.

1.....a mature buck will always bed in an elevated location where he can either see or smell anything around him, and the spot will most likely be thick.

2.....the most likely travel route he will take to that area will likewise be thick in nature and he will scent check it before he goes into it. Meaning if there is a strong wind, he will walk downwind of it or if there isn't a discernible wind, he will walk around it and in it to make sure there is no danger before he lays down to chew his cud. A few hours after he beds down, he's going to get up again and stretch his legs.

3. Once you let a mature buck know you have been there, which he will know within a few days or less especially if he is a home body, he will shut down and you won't see him for a while.

4.....You can jump a buck out of his bed, but as long as it is a one time occurrence, more than likely he will come right back to it in a few weeks.

5.....scrapes are for losers.

6......say you have a large grown up clearcut you know a big buck is bedding in.....look for a landmark like a big tree next to an intercepting edge. They often times use these landmarks to navigate their way out of a bedding area such as this, and they usually will follow edges.


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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881251
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Finally, someone talking deer hunting. popcorn

Why #5?

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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881261
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#5 go and call me a loser 😀



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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881271
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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881290
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Sounds good on paper!!!

Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881333
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One thing is a absulute in deer and turkey hunting,,,,,, there is no such thing.

I don't care who say what ,,,, it ain't always so .

You young guys keep that in mind . Lol

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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: Frankie] #2881336
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Originally Posted by Frankie
One thing is a absulute in deer and turkey hunting,,,,,, there is no such thing.

I don't care who say what ,,,, it ain't always so .

You young guys keep that in mind . Lol


If youre saying mostly its a matter of being in the right place at the right time then I'm in agreement with you


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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: BayedUp] #2881343
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Originally Posted by BayedUp
Sounds good on paper!!!


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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: Southwood7] #2881398
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Originally Posted by Southwood7

#5 go and call me a loser 😀


I threw that one in there just for you Southwood. grin


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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881408
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Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.



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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: 2Dogs] #2881410
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Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.


Well come on man you’ve got to give us the how and when. We all know you’re one of the secretive big buck slayers on here

Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: MC21] #2881422
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Originally Posted by MC21
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.


Well come on man you’ve got to give us the how and when. We all know you’re one of the secretive big buck slayers on here

Couple of past hunting buddies of mine had a great buck on camera visiting a scrape at night. One of them hunted the scrape for 5 days straight, during the rut. He hunted somewhere else on the sixth day. That big buck went right to the scrape at noon on that sixth day! With a little more patience, he would have been at the right place at the right time.

Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: MC21] #2881424
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Originally Posted by MC21
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.


Well come on man you’ve got to give us the how and when. We all know you’re one of the secretive big buck slayers on here


He’s probably not gonna give away his secrets, but I can tell you from years of running cameras, your best chance is between 11pm and 3 am


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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: 2Dogs] #2881451
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Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.

I’ll add , IF you hunt the RIGHT type of scrapes . Iv seen people get tore up over them pie plate scrapes that show up every year .

Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881483
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I like hunting scrapes. Ones in road beds along super thick cover on both sides and back off them as far as you can. Ive busted some real good bucks on scrapes.

Like Casey said, many were between 11 am and 2 pm.

They dont mind easing out of the cover a little to check them mid day when they are used to no one being around.

Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: duxlayer] #2881486
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Originally Posted by duxlayer
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
Never use "always" and "never" when discussing mature bucks.

Scrapes can be VERY effective when hunting mature bucks IF you know how and when to hunt them.

I’ll add , IF you hunt the RIGHT type of scrapes . Iv seen people get tore up over them pie plate scrapes that show up every year .


Yep. Hot primaries during pre- breeding period on a buck that will move at least some in daylight can cost him his life. Location is a factor too, is the scrape located where a buck feels comfortable coming to in daylight? It may be night time use almost exclusively. Once breeding gets rocking , shift gears. Don't waste prime time sitting over cold scrapes.

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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: ] #2881497
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Originally Posted by outdoorobsession
I like hunting scrapes. Ones in road beds along super thick cover on both sides and back off them as far as you can. Ive busted some real good bucks on scrapes.



They dont mind easing out of the cover a little to check them mid day when they are used to no one being around.


Yep and yep. Location, location , location and pressure.



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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: slippinlipjr] #2881508
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Listen to 2dogs and ODO. Folks waste a lot of time hunting over scrapes that are 1) not remotely close to bedding 2) have gone cold and 3) are only being worked at night.

My 2 best bucks were killed within 30 yards of multiple hot scrapes in or adjacent to very thick cover.



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Re: Let's talk serious deer hunting since we are here. [Re: Southwood7] #2881521
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Originally Posted by Southwood7

Listen to 2dogs and ODO. Folks waste a lot of time hunting over scrapes that are 1) not remotely close to bedding 2) have gone cold and 3) are only being worked at night.

My 2 best bucks were killed within 30 yards of multiple hot scrapes in or adjacent to very thick cover.


Yep. The only mature deer I have ever seen on a scrape during daylight was next to thick cover or in thick cover.


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I killed my first deer hunting a fresh scrape last He was not a mature buck in the slightest though. It was extremely thick though so much so that I only had maybe two lanes for 10 yard shots.

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