And you can't kill them EVER if you bugger up a spot by going to the wrong spot at the wrong time.

Why was a buck chasing a doe....if it was after your rut?

Bucks do chase does before and after the actual rut.

I've seen bucks chasing does the first of October, yet the rut isn't until the first week of November.

I've also seen bucks chasing does in December. Got my buck in rifle season last year chasing a doe well after the rut.


Yes, hunting during the afternoon can be successful. You bagging that doe is proof.

As someone mentioned, you know you won't get anything sitting home on the couch.

I've bagged a few bucks in the afternoon. As the days draw closer to the rut, bucks move more and more searching out the local does, making rubs and scrapes and even feeding on the falling acorns.

While a buck's attention toward food is turning more towards a hot doe in the coming days, does will still be seeking out the falling acorns at that means a buck could be there to check them out too.

Find a dropping white oak and spend an entire day there. You'll be surprised at the time of day deer will show up.

Far as I'm concerned....this (the pre-rut) IS part of the rut. It's not lockdown.....but nevertheless it's a part of the rut (we could be arguing semantics).

Regardless....this is my favorite part to hunt.

Pre-rut, post-rut, second-rut, third-rut.......so why would you question Camocop seeing a buck chasing does after the rut?

Could have been a fawn coming in heat or a doe not bred in the first rut.

You act like you know all about the rut, why would you question this common occurance?

I'll ask you the same thing I asked him (although you're getting on my nerves with your incessant whining and questioning:nonono2:).....

If it was "after the rut" (as he claims) ....why was the buck chasing the does?

I've already said....if it's during the rut...all bets are off. ANY time on stand is good. Outside the rut...I think you can do as much (or more) damage to your season as good.

If he's chasing does...it is NOT "after the rut". Otherwise....he wouldn't be chasing.

Here you go with more bad advice.

I've killed deer way before the rut in the late morning/early afternoon many times.

Deer do not stay planted in their bed 10AM til 6PM.

They get up and wander and get a quick bite to eat. I'm not sure how much time you have spent in a treestand from morning til dark, but I've done it several times. Especially when hunting near dropping white oaks.

Deer will visit all day long.


Even that tame doe and other deer would visit my backyard feeder at all hours of the day.

Deer will feed heavily before a storm front comes through. I know you knew that.

I strongly suggest you spend some more time in the woods other than you evening hunts.

Do you read these threads.....or do you just see my name and want to argue?

Go read the OP's question, again. He's talking about bucks. Now read my initial responses. If you have a specific point to counter...let me know. If not....stop whining. You're embarassing yourself.

I believe that I did post about bucks.

When I said about deer visiting a dropping white oak, I meant that some of those deer are bucks too. I'm sorry you didn't understand that.

Of coarse with you vast experience bowhunting, you probably think that only does and fawns will visit a dropping white oak midmorning.

Who's embarrassing themselves?

Everyone knows deer (bucks too) move at various hours to get up and feed a little then bed back down.

Only you would advise someone not to hunt late morning/ early afternoon.

Cause you don't hunt then no one else should either, huh?

WW....I can't see your posts (you're on my ignore list). It's been fun. Good luck this fall.

Wahhhh!

I'll take my ball and go home! LOL!