RE: Question for guys who consistently kill bucks.....
1. Do you see does in the places you've killed your bucks? Yes.
2. Are you trying to AVOID seeing does.....opting, instead, for more buck-friendly areas? No and yes. What I mean is I'm not hunting necessarily for doe's. Put it this way I see allot less doe's where I am trying to set up on bucks then I would out in a field. I set up more on small buck trails that lead to a highway (doe trail).
3. How do you determine said areas (if No. 2's answer is "yes")? Terrain, past expierence in them areas. Buck trails, not the big highways.
4. How do you determine #3 if you're not hunting "sign"? Kind of an Instinct I guess with me. I'm either right or wrong. To many times its wrong! Experience has helped also and learning from things that didn't work previously.[8D]
5. If you do see does where you're killing your bucks...at what time of the year are you having your best luck seeing bucks? Mid to late October till the 3rd week of November.
6. How would you describe the area you're seeing the bucks? (i.e. trail/destination food source/funnel/bedding areas/etc...) Bedding, trail.