Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
That's the exact problem I have up in northern MI where my hunting property is located. There is absolutely no way you can pattern a buck because of so many bedding areas and places they can feed. The only buck I've ever seen more than once up there since I bought the place in 1973 was a spike a few years ago that I ended up shooting when he came out the last night of the season after I had passed on him a couple nights before that out of the same treestand.
I got a 12 pointer with a rifle on this property this year, but it was during the rut and probably lucky in the right-place/right-time sense. I didn't pattern him or anything.
I am trying to get into bow hunting for next season and would actually like to target one of these guys.