RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

I found several beds today, some of which were buck beds.

I hunt hill country. I've taken a topo and marked all points on the entire 500 acres. My plan is scout each one of them in the next couple of weeks.

What I'm tring to put together is WHY they decide to bed on one point vs the next point over. One common factor I have found is they bed on the points that offer the greatest view of what is below them. Getting in close during the daylight will be next to impossible.

You need to spend some time on Dan Infalt's website. He is a master on big buck beds. Just google it, you won't be sorry.

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

For all it's worth that's your definition[8D]

I would beg to differ;)

Dan

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

yep...my definition and all of my friends and 99% of all bowhunters I would assume. Pre rut, in nobodys book I know is considered Oct 1(opening day of season) and I don't know anybody that considers post rut Jan 10th either. Maybe in Dan's world...but not mine or my friends:eek:

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

I'm curious how you were able to differentiate between buck beds and doe beds? Because they were on points with agood view?

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

Here are a couple pics I took today with my camera phone, but you get the idea.

First is the bed, next is the view down below. It was classic point bed.

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

One other observation, in hill country you don't typically find the old worn out dirt bed that you may find in a swamp or other flat land. I believe the main reason for this is that in hill country, they bed in several different spots based on that days thermals.

I have been told they will bed with the wind blowing down the point to their back and they will face the open bottom below. Very tough to crack that nut!

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

Ok HCH and all his Buddies say the 3 Rut phases run Hallowen through Thanksgiving[8D]

A buck is ready, willing, and able to breed as long as he is carrying hard antlers.

I've found plenty of rubs, and scrapes 1st week of Oct. as well as the same being worked very Late Dec.

I've personally witnessed a Doe being bred mid Oct., and several the 1st half of Jan.

Interesting this could all happen since it is in No way duringany phase of the Rut according to you;)

This will be my last post on this matter as I learned by arguing with you about Trajectory it's like

Keep after itDon:D

Dan

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

That no dought, is a good view. You wouldn't be getting in there undetected, that's for sure!

RE: How do you guys know exactly where your big bucks are bedding?
 

Im just gonna throw this out there but I think of the prerut as when the bucks start establishing there territory and you start seeing signs like rub lines and scrapes. In different parts of the country it occurs at slightly different times but here in the midwest my deffinition would fall in the 2nd week of Oct. approximately and run until the end of Oct. I see young bucks starting to chase does that arent yet in cycle around Halloween. The rut falls into place approx late 1st week to 2nd week Nov. and lasts a week up to 2 weeks. Then the post rut runs up until the 2nd week of Dec.During our shotgun season the first week of Dec. most of the bucks we saw were with does and my dad witnessed some love in the air with the buck he got and a doe.