buck caught me putting up stand.
10-17-2008, 07:39 PM
#1
Spike
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buck caught me putting up stand.
Hi,
I was putting up my stand up in a new spotyesterday and sure enough here comes a real nice buck walking up and catches me scaling the tree. He snorted and ran off kind of unsure but when I came down later he snorted and ran off for good. I started grunting just to kind of make him wonder if he saw what he thought he did and maybe not be spooked.
Anyway, I hunted there today and I wasn't surprised when he didn't come back. Will this deer return to his pattern of walking that trail even though he caught me up a tree near it? If so, how long before he develops amnesia and resumes his patten?
I was putting up my stand up in a new spotyesterday and sure enough here comes a real nice buck walking up and catches me scaling the tree. He snorted and ran off kind of unsure but when I came down later he snorted and ran off for good. I started grunting just to kind of make him wonder if he saw what he thought he did and maybe not be spooked.
Anyway, I hunted there today and I wasn't surprised when he didn't come back. Will this deer return to his pattern of walking that trail even though he caught me up a tree near it? If so, how long before he develops amnesia and resumes his patten?
10-17-2008, 07:57 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southern Ohio
Posts: 118
RE: buck caught me putting up stand.
I don't think i would run to another spot just yet... might hang in a different tree nearby.. but wouldn't give up the spot. but thats just me.. as to how long till he returns? no real way to know.. no guarantee he would have been back thru the next day even if you had not been detected. IMO this time of year there is not set pattern, closer to rut we get.
10-17-2008, 08:04 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 879
RE: buck caught me putting up stand.
I agree , I,d look for another good close by tree to hang your stand .
Then I,d give it at least 2 days to calm down the area .
Then by the 3rd or so day when the wind is right I,d hunt it .
Then I,d give it at least 2 days to calm down the area .
Then by the 3rd or so day when the wind is right I,d hunt it .
10-17-2008, 08:12 PM
#4
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 10
RE: buck caught me putting up stand.
The only thing I'd do is make sure that you leave that area alone for a week or so. When in fact you do go back in and hunt from that stand I'd take extra care that you are scent-free, which you probably do anyway, but take extra care because you already know for sure there is a buck nearby. As TriStateHunter said, the rut is on its way and they are no longer in their summer patterns.
Wait a week, be as scent-free as possible, watch the wind, and get in there and hunt.
Good Luck.
Wait a week, be as scent-free as possible, watch the wind, and get in there and hunt.
Good Luck.
10-17-2008, 09:41 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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RE: buck caught me putting up stand.
the older and bigger a buck gets, the smaller his home area gets. if hes a bruiser he might have a home area of less than 5 acres..... move the stand-- or better yet take a different one in with you be as quite as you can, hang in another area and hunt..... try sittin off aways and getting a better idea where he likes to move to and from-- then move on him. good luck
