I made my way to a prehung stand site close to a known buck bed this evening.
I have not been to this area since the stands was hung July.
As I made my way to the stand I seen some fresh buck tracks going towards the bedding point.
The tracks were easy to see. There was a dusting of snow this morning around 9am.
I chose this site tonight because there is a ton of honeysuckle near my stand, and the stand had a perfect off wind for the buck bed.
Once I got the the stand I noticed a fresh scrape. Had the same track in the scrape. The scrape was small, and the licking branch was low to the ground and small too. However, there was a pretty good sized bed right beside the fresh scrape! Same tracks in the bed.
Have you guys ever seen a buck bed down 4 feet downwind from his scrape?
I didnt end up seeing anything this evening and feel like I may have bumped him out of there on my entrance.
I came in downwind, silent and slow. However, he would have had an opportunity to get a visual on me from around 60 yards away, if he were bedded in the bed.
Picture isnt too good, but the best I could do zoomed in from the phone.
Scrape and Bed...beside each other
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Re: Scrape and Bed...beside each other
I have seen that behavior before, mostly during rut. And usually at more "random" type bedding spots, that seemed to be located near does.
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dan wrote:I have seen that behavior before, mostly during rut. And usually at more "random" type bedding spots, that seemed to be located near does.
X2, sounds like a random bed. I have seen this a lot during the rut too . They seem to just lay down for no rhyme or reason. Sounds like he is waiting for a girlfriend to show and he is gonna be the first in line for her. Is there doe bedding near where he could have a wind advantage while guarding his scrape?
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Re: Scrape and Bed...beside each other
You guys are both right.
The bed is random. It is about 60 yards away from the point where the buck beds are.
Under a south wind (which we had during the snow dusting) is a doe bedding area.
There was a pretty good buck with a group of does the other day. Maybe one of the younger does/fawns is beginning to come into her first cycle.
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The bed is random. It is about 60 yards away from the point where the buck beds are.
Under a south wind (which we had during the snow dusting) is a doe bedding area.
There was a pretty good buck with a group of does the other day. Maybe one of the younger does/fawns is beginning to come into her first cycle.
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Re: Scrape and Bed...beside each other
I just thought it was odd and maybe had a meaning as to why
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Re: Scrape and Bed...beside each other
Random was my suspicion.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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