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Well guys, before you know it, season will have come and gone, and For those who haven't gotten a buck, and even for those who are attempting to thin out the herd, and control deer population...there's several factors that come into play in targeting the core areas of a buck in this part of the season..Does are a little more predictable...
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[/align] At this time of the year, food sources become fairly hard to find..Some deer are still searching for the remnants of acorns. Don't forget about those fields that play such an important role at the beginning of season..such as bean, alfalfa, and corn..At this time of the year most of the fields have been cut by the farmers,however, those deer will still utilize what's left..I'm able to work hand in hand with my farmers, and their willing to leave standing corn for a good while longer. If their not able to do this where your hunting, you will have to adjust. If other preferred food sources are available deer, they will use them until they are depleted, then search for another source. Limited food sources in late fall and early winter, which seem to draw deer into one area..Will play a vital role in targeting those deer, especially those big bucks...you need to be where the food is...
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[/align] When your're hunting late season deer you need to know where the food sources are, and know the trails the deer use during daylight as they move to and from the fields. The easiest way to find the food sources is to regularly scout the area by driving the farm country roads to locate fields that haven't been picked. Or you can get up high and watch the deer from a distance. At one of my properties this tatic came to be invaluable...The river bottom was about 1/2 mile wide...and the deer bedded next to the river and looking out into the field...There was no way to sneak in on these deer...However, with this tatic I was able to see that wading the river, and approaching the property from this angle, would give me more of an advantage..Personally I like to watch deer from a loc on stand or an elevated point where you can stand and wait for the deer.
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[/align] Basically, You'll need to find point A and B and get in the middle without getting to close to the bedding areas..This however would be your best bet, especially considering the fact that through personal experience, bucks will travel later than your does...and when deer get closer and closer to the food source, they'll be much more alert to their surroundings..If you back away from the food source and closer to the bedding area's, they'll still be concentrating on getting to the food, taking some of the attention off of you.
The time to hunt late season bucks is when the conditions are right. When foods are scarce, or a preferred food is available, After a winter storm lets up, and then the wind dies down, expect deer to begin feeding, and to continue for the next couple of hours. You can also try putting out decoys, and other tatics that may be out of your normal range of feeling comfortable for that time of the year...I often tell my clients, that a lot of times, especially during the rut, you'll have to get out of your comfort level...try new things. A lot of times a person will feel comfortable with doing certain thing when they go out into the field, and sometimes in order to be successful, you'll have to step out of that box.. Apply these tatics as I have, and your're sure to have success!
[hr] Don't forget about those fields that play such an important role at the beginning of season..such as bean, alpha. and corn..
What is an alpha field? Does that mean the best field in the area? Or is alpha some new corn-alfalfa hybrid I haven't heard about?
Maybe it's muzzle-loader season inside the high fences in Souther Ohio. Not sure why you would want to shoot a buck with fuzzy nubbins on his head, but more power to the pseudo-hunters if it helps get their rocks off.
Sorry for the confusion guys....I kind of misled ya....I fixed the post however...I wrote that last year before muzzleloading season had came into play...thanks for pickin that mistake up...
As to high fences, don't believe in them....but to each his own....
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Bow huntert....Your definitely right there.....this past year, on one of our properties...the majority of the bucks were leaving the winter wheat fields and making there way to two oaks that produced big this past year...sometimes, the most un-obvious, can be the biggest blessing during season....that however, is what turns you from a good hunter, to the type of hunter whoconsistently tags a bruiser year after year.....
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I know where a big patch of honeysuckle isin a thicket with cedar that gets very little pressure. There has been several nice bucks seen going into that thick stuff, but no one wants to hunt it because of it being thick but guess what I am going to do in Late November. I also know where there is always a acorn trees dropping late every year or so.I am going down to the camp tomorrow work on my location for nov. hunt.
LOL! I would have expected an EARLY season how-to thread in May, not a late season tactics thread? [&:]
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Late Season Tactics to Nail Those Big Bucks!
