Unread postby hambone » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:00 am
Around here, where most of the destination food sources are ag fields, older bucks like to enter a food source with the wind at their backs. The amount of distance traveled with the wind at their backs seems to be determined by how far ahead they can clearly see. I've yet to see this distance greater than 100 yds or so. Traveling in this manner, the buck can smell everthing behind him and see enough in front of him to feel safe. The bucks will pick their way, slowly, stopping ever few steps to look ahead, as they proceed to the destination food source. When the does enter the fields with the wind at their backs, they usually sprint a couple hundred yds into the open, before relaxing. Of course, the does aren't as picky on wind direction and field entry points, as the older bucks are.