Letting an area cool off.....
 

I went ALL through the adjoining property over the weekend.....and I mean all over it. I didn't actually walk the land I'm hunting much at all, though. The adjoining property is a recent (last 10 years) clearcut.

So....me....two more people and a dog went through there on Saturday. I walked it alone Friday and Sunday.

I've got some SMOKING sign, there (see pics).....and I wanna know when you guys think it might cool off enough to go back in there. I know I could get a traveler going through.....but I'm thinking the buck I shot at wasn't likely the only one making these rubs and this scrape.

How long would you wait?





Rubs (3)and scrape together

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

give it a week or wait til a weather system passes and washes your scent.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

Jeff, on your way around did you (knowingly)bump a lot of deer? Is an intrusion of any sort that rare in the area? If not I'd get back in there, you've been out of the area for what 2 days now? If the area's hot I'd be in there now.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

I'm sure that area hasn't seen an intrusion like I made in quite some time (likely since the clearcut...lol). And no....I didn't knowingly bump a lot of deer. I just left a lot of scent in there.

It rained here, today...but not enough to wash anything out. Don't know when we'll get a rain like that.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

Not sure but the small buck I shot yesterday walked the same trail I came in on.
If you are not there you will never know if it makes a difference.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

I did the same thing over the weekend, I am waiting until Thrus or Fri.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

This time of year I would hunt it whenever you can. Bucks can come in from any direction from miles around. You have got to be getting close to the chase phase there.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

If you didn't disrupt your property much....... why wait?

I think you'll be just fine. In fact, you may have helped yourself.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

Small bucks will follow your stand to your trail sometimes, just out of curiosity/stupidity.
Big bucks fat chance.

RE: Letting an area cool off.....
 

I can hunt it any time....lol. I've got a good wind....and it's still probably my best chance to kill a nice buck that I have. I may go in ther ein the AM.

I've seen one small buck traveling what I would call outside the regular early AM and late PM's. I saw a fork horn, today, at 3:30. Only deer I saw all day....(which was fine). otherwise....I haven't seen a buck on his feet after 8:30AM and earlier than 30 min before dark.

I know it's getting to be that time though Chris.

Greg.....ALL the bedding area is on the property I disrupted. I have the hardwoods on my land. They have almost all "bedding area". That's the area I pretty much tore through over the weekend. Many, many acres .....I trampled through.

I will be trying to catch them coming home .....and maybe they'll be coming through the undisturbed land to get there. Like you all say.....never know until you try it. I think I'll sit there again in the morning.