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Opening day Kill plan
#2208017
08/28/17 11:53 AM
08/28/17 11:53 AM
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Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 219 Alabama
JD_Deer_Slayer
OP
4 point
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OP
4 point
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 219
Alabama
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I'm getting ready to put fresh batteries in my cameras and try to pattern a deer that I'd like to kill opening day of bow season. I've been reading the" hot trees" post and I'm gonna look for some good acorn producing trees to set up my cameras near but any other suggestions on scouting that early buck? The other folks that hunt this lease don't bow hunt and don't start planning food plots til bow season has started. Any suggestions on making a kill plan for a nice buck would be appreciated. Thanks!
Huntin, Fishin, Lovin everyday!
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: JD_Deer_Slayer]
#2208132
08/28/17 01:43 PM
08/28/17 01:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,587 Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,587
Tuscaloosa Co.
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Wait until a day or two before the season comes in and setup a stand on the hottest buck sign. This works best for me, but what do I know.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: jbc]
#2208165
08/28/17 02:07 PM
08/28/17 02:07 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 864 Alabama
TGbow
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 864
Alabama
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Hunt where most people dont hunt if you can. Majority of the time most gun hunters dont venture off too far from plots and powerlines ect. That's because they don't stink up the woods like bow hunters do Lol, and hope ole Filthy Mcnasty aint hunting no where close by.
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: JD_Deer_Slayer]
#2208557
08/28/17 05:58 PM
08/28/17 05:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,521 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,521
Boaz,AL
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Wake up... Put a good dip in..poke one in tha ribs
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: oldbowhunter]
#2208712
08/29/17 03:45 AM
08/29/17 03:45 AM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,054 AL
BamaGuitarDude
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,054
AL
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I throw out 3 bags of corn in front of a camera in areas where I know bucks congregate in bachelor groups in September. I can usually get a pic of most of them in 2 weeks time. Then I try to figure out what they are doing. I use a similar strategy ...
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: JD_Deer_Slayer]
#2209266
08/29/17 12:23 PM
08/29/17 12:23 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 8,456 Harpersville, AL
tfd1224
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 8,456
Harpersville, AL
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I stay outta the woods till season gets here, and when season opens, i walk through a spot between where I think the deer are feeding and bedding with a climber on my back and find a hot trail and set up on it or I will find a hot white oak and set up on it. You have the highest likelihood of killing a mature buck in a spot that you have never been in or hunted before. In my opinion, in Alabama, scouting is wayyyyy overrated. Meandering through the woods before season does nothing but spook and relocate deer. Every deer that's on my wall except for 1 was killed the first time I ever hunted the spot.
Yeah c’mon. Daniel White
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Re: Opening day Kill plan
[Re: JD_Deer_Slayer]
#2209384
08/29/17 02:26 PM
08/29/17 02:26 PM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,644 Arab/Stevenson AL
Recurve
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,644
Arab/Stevenson AL
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I am scouting some up until September and hang my stands around the end of August. When I say scout, I have places picked out that are easy to get to and put up a camera and some minerals or protein and get out as quick as I can. I have one stand I hung with the thoughts of it being a rut stand so I won't go back to it until December. I don't really have a plan right now for early season other than hunting sign. I had a few cams up but didn't get anything other than one decent 8 and several does. I hunt in Jackson County just east of Little Coon and before season we never really get many bucks on camera. The reason is, they're lazy and agriculture fields surround our property on 3 sides. Basically most of the bucks aren't moving high enough right now. I have one spot where I got the 8 and it is pretty accessible from the main trail so I'll get out there opening morning and check it real quick. If nothing is on it, I have another stand on a white oak flat next to a draw they move up and if you see deer out of that spot, which is about 75% of the time, you'll see some bucks. Either way, I have no deer meat and if a doe moves in range of the stick bow, she's going down.
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