Intentional Grounding team 14
10-11-2012, 08:55 AM
#143
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Sw Michigan
Posts: 158
I wouldn't be surprised if he had no idea it was there its crazy how well a mature buck like that can stay hidden when he wants to! I think u r dead on with the 8 at 2.5 hopefully sooner or later I'll get a look at the 10 in person haven't went in after him yet once season started he's been showing up about an hour before light
10-12-2012, 05:51 AM
#145
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Posts: 1,927
Unless you have a unbelievable amount of land you are wasting your time passing on that 10. Come rut he'll be miles away and shot by someone else. The best you can do in that situation is take the nice 3.5 deer and pass the younger hoping that by shear volume some will make it to the 3.5 age with the even rare older buck. Limiting yourself unreasonably trying to mimic management practices designed for tracts of land in the 1,000s of acres is just hurting yourself and tainting your experience.
10-12-2012, 02:00 PM
#147
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 129
Good luck to anyone going to the woods this weekend. Our weather here in SE KS just changed yesterday and we got South winds at 20mph with possibly 30mph gusts. It's in the 70's again with those S. winds. It's already wet out and going to need some luck this weekend as I sway in the trees. Be Safe.
10-12-2012, 04:32 PM
#149
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kent Island, MD
Posts: 121
Went out this morning and someone was parked near were I have been going, so I hit another spot that is usually pretty good, but didn't see anything. There were two big scrapes with some large deer tracks in them. Did see a nice buck in a field that is on the public land but not open to hunting, at least I now know he is out there.
