RE: Official Team Mail Men (9) thread
TJF-----Thanks for the good luck.I really appreciate it.Its supposed to get cold this weekend,usually does for the long weekend(thanksgiving on monday)I am hoping to see some frost in the morns.Really gets the deer moving,and can hear them coming from afar.
Chuck----I have used trails end 307 by wildlife research early in the year with good results.Its a sex and curiosity mixture combined.I will be honest and say I have never used buck and doe urine itself this early in the year.I will give doe estrus a try If I havent baged my buck by the rut though.
Have you tried rattling yet?This is probably the best time of the year as the batchelor groups are breaking up and they are getting a little edgy.Dont rattle hard mimmicking a real all out fight,just rub them together as though they are just shoving each other around testing each other.
As the season gets a little later towards the end of Oct and into nov try using a tarsal gland from a mature doe.A few will be better.Place them about 20-30 yards from your stand.Hopefully a buck will come in and investigate them.I get them from does that have been shot by the gang members or friends.Wear rubber gloves and cut them off the inside of the back leg.They really reak of urine so you will know exactly where they are located.They are the little tuft of hair in the inside joint.Place them in a baggie and keep in a cool place till use.
I would say 100 yards is more then sufficient.Its your property.I can understand you wanting to be neighbour friendly of course but hey.I think he knows its a good spot and you just beat him to the location.
Listen your giving this guy 100 yards off his property,he is only giving you 50 during shotgun season,who is the nice guy now.He just dosnt want you to shoot the big buck before he does.You got yourself a great spot,dont move.And no---your not a jerk.