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Late Season Buck Movements

jagermeister

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Although baiting hard during the late season is popular and can be productive, it's never a slam dunk especially with mature deer. This is a great article about a gps-collared buck... http://www.skinnymoose.com/outdoors...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Even with a collar on him, that buck would be one tough sumbitch to put an arrow through. Only feeding in the cover of darkness and moving with the prevailing winds at his favor constantly. These buggers sure do develop impressive behaviors as they get old.
 

brock ratcliff

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I have believed most of the deer I'm interested in killing were pretty much as the one described in this article - dang near un-killable. It is such a small window of opportunity, really, to get them on their feet when we can legally harvest them. Several years ago, I put a guy in a stand from which he shot and killed a 185" buck. Another buddy stopped by my house to see the deer, and when he gathered himself enough to put together a thought, he said, "Congratulations on killing him. That deer picked today to be the one day since last November to be on his feet during daylight. You were lucky to be there". I think that is pretty accurate in most cases.
 

jagermeister

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I really enjoy bowhunting during the late season when most everyone else has given up. The deer seem to go back to their "normal" routines. This article is incredibly interesting, but does nothing for my confidence. Lmao
 

Gern186

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With all that being said, and how smart they are...then the damn things get hit by trains and cars.

2 big bucks were hit this year close to home....the first one was by a train, 2nd one just this week by a car.... he survived gun season and then gets hit by a car...makes no sense.
 

Lundy

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Just like people deer are not clones of one another and do not follow the same rules all of the time. What applied to "Cadillac" in his study does not translate to other deer with any degree of absolute certainty.

While certainly interesting and educational it may or may not apply to some unknown extent to where you hunt. I do have two bucks over the last bunch of years that I would really like to have radio tracking data to look at. I would love to know how one especially survived so many seasons when he lived primarily on the adjoining property with such intense hunting pressure and was a daytime regular on my cameras and walking by me during gun hunting seasons.
 

Lundy

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Maybe they kept passing him up just like you did?:smiley_chinrub:

LOL, I'm pretty confident that didn't happen with those guys:D



 
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giles

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Looks to me like waiting for a windy day would work well if you know where the Bucks bed is. Add some rain and get your stalk on! Man wouldn't that be fun?

Thanks for sharing.