Do you think that there is a difference in the way that mature bucks are hunted? What I am saying is in your experience do older bucks say 3.5 an older act different from deer that areyoungerthan 3.5? Do you approach the older deer in a different way? Do you see fewer deer when you are hunting mature deer than you do when you are hunting anydeer? Do you feel like your are honed in more antry to be more careful when hunting mature deer? Comments areincouraged.
Not that hunting a mature 3.5 plus whitetail will mean you will see less deer as they tend to roam the same area. Just the 3.5 year old plus is more sensitive to human intrusions, scent, and move less than that of a deer say less than 3.5 years.
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Hoyt Carbon Element
G5 Striker Broadhead
RMEF Life Member French Creek Chapter Volunteer Erie, Pennsylvania
For obvious reasons, yes. They are different animals where I hunt. Not many make it that long. The ones that do are super smart.
LT
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"The Whitetail Deer". Call them dumb, call them curious, call them whatever you want, but one day, the biggest one you ever saw will turn you into a babbling fool.
Who in the whitetail-world could possibly say that bucks, once they reach age 4 1/2, aren't anything less than a different species??? You might as well paint 'em a different color or call 'em by another name because they no longer are "normal" deer. Outside of a short breeding period, they don't even want annything to do with any other deer in the region. Eat, sleep and repeat with the only real goal.... survival. This should be an easy one-sided poll. lol!
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An "archer" tries to see how far away he can get from his target and still connect, a BOWHUNTER tries to see how CLOSE he can get to his!
I definitely agree with what every one else has said! The focus and precision necessary to consistently kill bucks in the older age classes is a whole different endeavor than younger deer.Especially so when there is considerable hunting pressure in the area's you hunt.How many times have we all heard about the big bucks that people capture on trail cams that they never lay their eye's on.
I would even go as far as 2 1/2 year olds.
Once they get kicked away from home and settle into their new habitat,
they start to become a much more reclusive animal and thicker / swampier terrain tends to be their preffered hang-out spots from my experiences.
Of course there may be a bunch that may be dumb/curious deer and won't survive.
Keep in mind, they have to make it past 2 1/2 to get to 3 1/2!
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IF we all ARCHERY hunted with our QUIVERS loaded with Slim Jim's, WOULD the WORLD be a SAFER PLACE???
Hunting mature bucks.
