on heavly used trails and in real clean woods. might look in thick stuff to.

go deep hunt hard.

So...I' ve got a logging road coming out into the field I hunt from the thick scrub pines I hunt next to. The deer use this trail alot. This should be a good place to look, right? Kinda weird question here: To save myself the time (and money, though I' m willing to spend it if it will help) of buying a decoy, would my 3D target work? If so, should I use it with or without antlers? The kill zone on it is messed up pretty badly, but would it be good enough to fool a deer? If not, I' ve got one of those new Morrell targets coming. Would this work? I' m being cheap, I know. But if it works...[:-] Thanks!

-Spike Buck

it will work but it will be a hassle to carry it to the woods. do you have a climber stand. is there good tall slick trees on the logging road . if so use the a good tree and ambush the deer when they are travlin it.


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Fortunately, my stand is only about 200 or so yards back from my bedroom, so it' s not that hard to haul the target/decoy out. The logging road is more like a tunnel through the scrub trees. They make like a roof over it, not very high up either. So, I think putting a stand there is out. My stand is only about 30-35 yards from it--out of my shooting range, but still within sight. So a deer coming out of there would be able to see my decoy. Right now I' m thinking a mock scrape ten yards or so upwind from my stand, a 3D target as a decoy , some urine, and maybe a call...? Sound okay? With this set up, the buck should walk in front of me at close range, and he' d be distracted by the decoy, right? And...should I make the decoy a doe, or leave it a buck? If it' s a doe, should I use doe urine, and vice versa? Thanks!

-Spike Buck

doe decoy with urine will work great.

go deep hunt hard.

Okay, I was looking in my Wildlife Research Hunting Scent Book, and it said #307 is a good lure to put in the drip bag. It said it works all season. So I' ll use that. And should I use my bleat can when I do this? Thanks a ton! Your info is priceless.

-Spike Buck

Oh, does the buck have to get used to the scrape? Or will it work right off the bat? If the former, I was thinking get him used to it, and then one day bring my decoy and call out...Sound good?

-Spike Buck

the scent will work is it estrous bleat or regular bleat.


go deep hunt hard.

it just depends on how close the rut is . but i would put out the scrape and wait few days then do your decoy, call,setup.


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Hmm...All it says is " Lil' Can Hyper Doe Bleat" ....I' m pretty sure it' s regular. Does that change things? Good or bad?

-Spike Buck