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RE: Early season or rut??
RUT.
Bucks have long since disappeared from thier summer patterns where I am at & our season starts. |
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Shadow, you need to come down I-95 about 1.5 and hunt with me at least once this coming season. I can't promise you anything, but I will try to do my best.
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Thanks VA--I will take you up on that offer one Saturday or during November when I take leave for a few weeks. That could be alot of fun. Thanks.
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You ever hunted with dogs Shadow??
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i see the most big bucks during the rut......but i also see about as many during the late season......I would pick late season over October every time
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ORIGINAL: GregH If your season has an opening day before the 1st week of Oct. you stand a good shot at taking a mature buck. The reason is because it allows you to catch a mature buck while he's still on a predictable feeding pattern. Usually, for my area, after the first week of Oct. the bucks break up out of their bachelor groups and go to their core areas. They remain there until around Oct. 17th when they start coming put before dark to check on does around a food source. One other thing I've noticed is that the biggest bucks usually hang by themselves, not in bachelor groups. They do their own thing. Sometimes you can catch one early but they are more difficult to pattern. For me personally, i believe it is significantly easier to target a SPECIFIC mature buck the first two weeks of season here in Missouri (the last two weekends in september) than it is durring the rut. Also, late in the season (January) bucks usually start to get somewhat patternable again. I LOVE early and late season hunting when im targeting a specific buck. But I also love the unknown of hunting th rut. You never know what is going to show up! |
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ORIGINAL: Vabowman However, Im not good at hunting big bucks in the rut I guess, I can't seem to predict them at all. |
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I love hunting them in the rut, seems allot easier for me to do it this way! I know allot of folks who have had luck early in the year though!
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Very true Hunsucker. How is the second semester going??
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Va--never hunted with dogs---doesn't appeal to me. I like the quiet world of bowhunting.
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