Sport 2

Do big Whiteail bucks travel along ridge tops?

Criggster

Generally, most deer travel about 1/4 to 1/3 of the distance below the ridge tops.

MikeVT

If you can find a shelf just below the ridge line you have a pretty good place for a stand.

Arrowmaster

Depends... I would rather hunt a ridge during bow season especialy if it had acorns on it.

Scott/IL

Shhhhhh........Everyone MikeVT doesn't know what hes talking about.Just ignore those shelves and all my stands on them.

But in all honesty I have to agree with this. It seems like when the bucks start to cruise they travel up and down these and most of them that I have huntedare within 15 yards and about 40-50 yards from the top of the ridge.

Sport 2

Thanks. There are a couple narrow ridges (about 10 yds wide) where I hunt that I have in mind. Are the deer typically traveling on the down wind side of the ridge?

kevin1

Probably , they like to have the wind at their back sometimes so that they can smell anything sneaking up from behind , this leaves their eyes and ears free to scan ahead .

Sport 2

Do bucks tend to travel up and down hills or accross them?

JagMagMan

Again, deer will normally take the path of least resistance. depending on the steepness of the terrain, they will mostly do as Mike said, they will follow the hillside, a few feet down from the ridge.