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I know there’s no magic answer to this, but I’m just curious what’s worked for others. I mostly use corn because it’s cheap and easy, and I’ve had good luck with Deer Draw, but the price and availability make it harder to keep using all the time.
What have y’all had success with that keeps mature bucks coming in consistently just from feed alone? Looking for ideas that might help pull them off neighboring properties.
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10 point
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There is a magic answer, but im not telling you the answer on here!
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Aldeer special. It is and forever more will be undefeated. The Clorox stump.
The practical answer. Habitat
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Thicker cover and stay out of it. Just show up when you are going to hunt and go in from downwind, basically offer thicker cover and lower pressure. Easy.
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Administrator
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Clorox stump is undefeated.
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Snipe whistle snort wheeze combo gets ‘em every time.
Don’t forget to hunt the line, 95.7% of all trophy bucks live in the barbwire’s shadow.
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Tinks, code blue, branch butter, double dutch punch, lucky 7, food water and cover. and take a bath before you hunt, stay out of the woods til mid December.
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does lots and lots of does.
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I usually just pull em by the antler. But you gotta drag faster than normal
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I usually just pull em by the antler. But you gotta drag faster than normal 😂😂😂😂
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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I usually just pull em by the antler. But you gotta drag faster than normal Exactly. I was gonna say I use the buggy as fast as I can. Beat me to it!
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Old Mossy Horns
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Lots of food and thick cover.
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Feminine hygiene products. Seems like that thread went a few pages back in the day.
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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Feminine hygiene products. Seems like that thread went a few pages back in the day. Used. Success is in the details
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Feminine hygiene products. Seems like that thread went a few pages back in the day. Used. Success is in the details Ben Rodgers Lee used to say he only wanted his wife to hunt with him a certain time of the month.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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There is no simple answer. I bought the wooded land that is adjacent to the corn fields. When the open corn field is harvested, they run to the woods. lol
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Being patient. Killed a nice one last year that the neighbors had all spring/summer/fall, he stepped across the line and I popped him. They pressured the area and I did not.
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Less pressure, better food, more cover/habitat. These 3 equal more does which pulls bucks from all over
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