Figured since I just joined I would introduce myself a little bit.
I read about this forum on another one, and decided to check it out. Tons of good discussions and a lot of hunting methods that I already use.
I hunt KY and IN (some). I'm not a "big buck serial killer", but have been using LW stands, steps, gaffs, and what I call "preppred trees" for a few years. Furthermore, my last two bucks have come on techniques I found the terms from on here.
The first in late season over food (2012).
Here is the tree I killed him out of, I dubbed it "The Widow Maker"...I actually installed a life line but it was the one that worked.
This year I have taken this deer that I had been following via trail cam all summer. I killed him on Sept. 14 after following a creek then a drainage to avoid the bedding...took him on the way to bed in the AM.
Before pic:
These two deer have two things in common.
1) They utilized what I have learned from my weekend reading y'all call an "off wind".
2) A texting trail camera played an integral part in both hunts.
-The first hunt it showed me how the deer were only approaching the food when they thought the wind was in their favor. Basically, after a pressured season, their actions were in contrast of some of what I have read here. I will say my early season observation support they go where they want to go after they leave their wind.
-The second hunt utilized a drainage as a funnel (and previously mentioned approach). The NE wind skirted the edge of the field that the buck approached from. I also decided where to hunt based on process of elimintation from texting cameras to tell me where the bucks had or hadn't bedded the prior evening. No pics, I went to the stand over the 3rd or 4 beddings area (and the only one that the wind worked for).
Anyways, I agree w/ what a lot of people talk about on here and the work in half the fun. I hunt a lot of public land, a lot of time by john boat, and my success has really vamped up since I started increasing my post season scouting. I kill lots of does (at 5 so far this year), but I also hunt my bucks seriously in the two aforementioned states. I look forward to discussing and learning from y'all. Have a good one.
tyler
