Patterned a Buck
 

I've got a buck I have been watching for the past 2 months. He comes out of the timber in the exact same spot every night. At this point I'd say he's around 140-150 inches give or take. He comes out fairly early and he is bedding in a very thick finger.

The problem I am having is that he's on the neighbor's property! the neighbor's north property line is our timber. The buck is bedding in the southwest corner of the field maybe 100 -150 yards away.He doesn't travel very far either. Any advice on how I could get him within range on Oct 1? I don't want to call at him that early in the season, but I also don't want to have him move out of the area with the rut approaching only to have someone else shoot him.

I know October 1st is a long way away, but I'm ready for the season to get here!

RE: Patterned a Buck
 

Can you get permission on the neighbors property? If not maybe try and pour out some corn on your side. Just a thought, although I dont hunt over corn I know tons of people do.

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more than likely he will change his pattern come hunting season. also when the "rut" is on, patterns go out the window.

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Patterning a buck in the off season and patterning in the season is a Coat of Many Colors!:D:D

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Being from IL you know what to do with the 'dump out a lot of corn' suggestion.

It's a long way from Oct., patterns will most likely change between now and then.

If he's at least staying(for now) in an area near where you can hunt, you're in better shape then a lot of guys.

Since you have him 'patterned', and know exacly where he is bedding, even though it's on a neighbor's property,where is he coming from, and where is he going? Can you hunt there?

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Don't worry grasshopper you are in perfect shape!!!! Because if he is really a 140-150 when it starts getting close to Oct1 he already knows to move back into that timber you say is yours!!!! A buck of that caliber wont stay out in the open trust me!!Find a great little ridge or rise in the woods about 200 yards in where he will have the wind sight and hearing to advatage and you will find his favorite bedding spot!! Walt

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ahuh hell be changin his pattern within the next month

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I agree that he will be doing something different before October 1st gets here. I would start looking for what crops are going to be in the field late. I know in Illinois, a ton of deer are using bean fields right now, but they will before season starts (or shortly there after), so what food source will they (he) turn to next. Also, if the finger he is bedding in is very thick, there is a chance he will continue to bed in that. It would be very hard to sneek up on her there, he can see or smell anything coming. So that is a huge advantage to for you. You have a great starting point for getting on what sounds like a great deer, good luck and have fun chasing him.

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Right now all that deer cares about is food and water, once the idea of finding the ladies kicks in, it's a whole new ball game. Is anybody hunting your neighbors property or is it just a sanctuary? I really wouldn't worry much, when the food source changes and his velvetcomes off he'll be findingdifferent routes out of his bedding area and hopefully one will be past your stand. Good Luck!

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I see monster bucks all summer until they shed their velvet then they get on a spaceship until the rut.[8D]Then its usually a once or twice and done encounter.

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Nobody has hunted the property for years and yes, it is a sanctuary. The finger actually starts on our property and goes across the neighbor's ground. I setup a game camera to see if I can get apicture of the guy coming onto our farm. The neighbor let us shed hunt the property so I am familiar with the terrian and it is EXTREMELY think cover. I never thought about water so I'll be sure to look for routes to the nearby creek. Also, it's a bean field I am seeing him in. Should be interesting and at the very least, keep me up at night!

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Hate to bust your bubble...:(
But his patternWILL change...
My best advise would be, try figure what he will be doing when his pattern does change.
By Oct 1, days will be getting shorter and cooler.How will that effect him?
By Oct 1, will you be the only onehunting him? Probably not. That could drive him to be nocturnal or plumb out of the of the area. where will he go?
By Oct 1, his food source will change. What will hemost likely be eating then?
I have scouted all summer many times for that big buck.
There pattern changedany where from 2 weeks before season to 2 days after the start. Once they start seeing people in the woods they know whats up.

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Oh yeah, his activity levels and routine will change come fall. He will be a completely different deer than you're scouting right now. Find his bedding area, which is probably gonna be your neighbors thick woods, depending on food sources and water. I'm sure you've been told this before, but that's the best way to find him.Find the bed and hunt him hard pre-rut and during rut.Look at it this way, if you don't see this deer during the season, or if somebody else kills him, at least you know he's been spreadin his seed every year and there's bound to be another hoss in that area. If you keep at it and hunt that place hard year after year, you'll get that 150 or one better, trust me.I had a 24+" wide perfect 8 point on my camera for an entire fall and spring season, hunted the hell out of him til I just flat gave up, and found out he was killed by a guy in the club next to me. This past season I got on another one and got him, scored 140. So don't give up and don't get discouraged if you don't get him. Keep at it, keep the same drive and good attitude and it will surely pay off. I find the harder I work, and the more passion I have about the outdoors and hunting, the luckier I am. Can you plant anything on your side that might help draw more does away from the other property? Corn really won't make too big of a difference I don't think. Maybe if it was a young buck, but not a big old mature deer like that. He didn't get that 150+" rack by standing over a pile of corn during daylight hours, at least they don't down here.........probably because so many stupid unethicaltrashyhunters have killed deer over corn forso many years. Now the deer down here know that cornpile = Dirt nap. Anyways I've nver done it and never will. I like to actually HUNT. Just keep up the scouting and try your best to determine where he might be bedding come fall. Good luck, I really hope you get him!