nocturnal bucks/does
 

man i hunt in michigan clare, michigan to be exact and i'm getting tons of pics of bucks and does but all at night i been out every weekend wince opening day and havent seen a thing, one of my cameras are set up on a scrape which 3 bucks are working right now and the other is set up over a bedding area, i used a true talkers buck grunt this weekend to try and pull them out but still had no luck.... what should i do with these nocturnal deer to give myself a chance. i also made a mock scrape yesterday near the scrape thats being worked by the 3 bucks i setup a day time dripper on it with some active scrape. don't know what else to do, next weekend i'll be goin up for gun, hopeing to have better luck.

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

ive had the same problem happen to me and u just got to be patient and wait for the deer to change there pattern and it will come out for the best

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

You should try spotlighting! JUST KIDDING:D!

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

hunt the rut,,,2 days on one day off....I am no expert but thats how i would do it. good luck from traverse city Mi.

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

with work and my cabin being 3 hours away i only am able to hunt saturday all day and sunday morning[&o]

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oh ,,,,a long time ago i heard of a guy who would bate (stick to legal amounts) dig a hole to put the bate in uncover it during the day and cover it at night. with like a piece of wood or some thing...be careful you don't want to do too much messing around youll mess up your hunting. try it next year maybe...good luck..

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

My guess is the deer dont move through your property until dark? I dunno just going through options..I dont really know what to tell you to do but maybe guess which way the deer are coming through and try to get permission to hunt there property!! Just a suggestion!

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

whats the chances of the deerchanging and coming through during day light in the up coming weeks

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

How many other people are hunting the area? Surrounding area? Maybe alot of hunting pressure has sent them nocturnal.

How's the weather been where you are? (I don't see it under your name). Has it been warm?

Cooler weather and the upcoming rut should get them up and moving around...during daylight.

RE: nocturnal bucks/does
 

i'm in michigan so yea its been warm still during the day around 50 degrees, as for hunters i know of a few in the area but not exactl sure how many.