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Shifting

Unread postby BHC » Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:49 am

Checked cams yesterday. Notice some late summer shifting going on. Got 3 new mature bucks on camera and lost one. Velvet will be coming within a month. Anyone else seeing any late summer shifting yet?

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby BigHunt » Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:01 am

not yet.... i usually start getting big boys on cam right around this time of year into September ...

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby tim » Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:24 am

I am hopefully checking cams on Friday on my land in the bluffs of vernon county.I'm hoping to get a horizontal rub placed in the same place as last year also.only this year I will place it 6inches lower.last year I had activity just had it a bit to high.I'll let you know if there has been any shifting.the buck I hunted last year did not show up until sept 10th I think.after this check and battery change it won't be touched till u hunt.

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Unread postby C&T Archery » Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:21 pm

It will be interesting this year for shifting. Usually we don't get decent/good bucks until late August early September. This so far we have 1 good and 1 decent all summer. Makes me wonder if the good will stay around or be out of dodge come here soon and wondering what will show up.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby DropTyne » Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:00 pm

tim wrote:I am hopefully checking cams on Friday on my land in the bluffs of vernon county.I'm hoping to get a horizontal rub placed in the same place as last year also.only this year I will place it 6inches lower.last year I had activity just had it a bit to high.I'll let you know if there has been any shifting.the buck I hunted last year did not show up until sept 10th I think.after this check and battery change it won't be touched till u hunt.

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I'm pretty interested in this, if you have time to do a little write up about how and where you set it up that would be helpful.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby Rome » Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:16 pm

Was a great night for glassing in SE WI tonight, deer were out early. Saw 2 bucks on one of my leases that I haven't shined or glassed yet this year, both shooters. Saw another shooter in a different lease that I had shined twice a few weeks ago about a mile away from where I saw him tonight. I saw a few of the other targets too, but noticed the bachelor groups changed a bit. Had 4 that have been together since early June that were now split up. The two shooters moved to a different bedding area, coming into field at different spot, and the two smaller bucks are on the same pattern they've been on since June. So, I think the beginning of the shift is happening.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby JoeRE » Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:00 am

Yea starting in August every year I see bucks moving around more. It seems to coincide with antlers switching from growing to hardening so probably related to testosterone starting to rise.
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Re: Shifting

Unread postby Stanley » Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:53 am

JoeRE wrote:Yea starting in August every year I see bucks moving around more. It seems to coincide with antlers switching from growing to hardening so probably related to testosterone starting to rise.


Great point. I agree, the antlers for the most part are done growing. When this happens the bucks get a little more edgy every day. I think a lot of people think the antlers keep growing until the velvet drops off. Now the bucks need to feed up to replenish themselves from the antler growing cycle. I believe this is also, why we see an increase in activity.
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Re: Shifting

Unread postby msailor » Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:03 am

Stanley wrote:
JoeRE wrote:Yea starting in August every year I see bucks moving around more. It seems to coincide with antlers switching from growing to hardening so [glow=red]probably related to testosterone starting to rise[/glow].


Great point. I agree, the antlers for the most part are done growing. [glow=red]When this happens the bucks get a little more edgy every day.[/glow] I think a lot of people think the antlers keep growing until the velvet drops off. Now the bucks need to feed up to replenish themselves from the antler growing cycle. I believe this is also, why we see an increase in activity.


I have seen some knock down drag out fights immediately after the velvet comes off and have killed and seen trail cam photos of bucks with broken tines/beams in early October. I think there is quite of bit of activity occuring during this time to establish the social heirarchy.
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Re: Shifting

Unread postby Hawthorne » Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:32 am

One property I hunt barely holds a buck till October. Does are there all year. I save that spot for the rut.

One thing I've noticed starting about now is soft mass is starting to drop and I don't see the deer in the beans like a month ago. Seems to be the case every year. Alot of mulberries. Those always drop and ripen mid to late August. Deer are on them.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby JoeRE » Fri Aug 21, 2015 2:19 am

Hawthorne wrote:One property I hunt barely holds a buck till October. Does are there all year. I save that spot for the rut.

[glow=red]One thing I've noticed starting about now is soft mass is starting to drop and I don't see the deer in the beans like a month ago.[/glow]Seems to be the case every year. Alot of mulberries. Those always drop and ripen mid to late August. Deer are on them.

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That's a good point. I am seeing deer pulling off beans too in the last couple weeks in the field behind the house. Now they are just grabbing a few bites of beans as they cross the field instead of filling their belly.

I also have quite a few spots where I couldn't find a big buck all summer long if my life depended on it but come October they are lurking all over. Often around major doe groups, honey draws flies :D
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Re: Shifting

Unread postby Mike » Fri Aug 21, 2015 2:21 am

Been seeing some shifting for sure, wouldn't mind more big ones shifting my way. We have good food so hopefully.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby tim » Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:30 am

Droptyne, I went and cut my treebranch today for my horizontal rub.I took it off a whitepine around wrist thick.last year I placed it too high I had it thigh high.this year it will be knee high.I use thin cable with u-bolts to fasten and leave loose so deer can knock it around when rubbing.I place it rignt on the side of a natural deer runway on top of a n/s runnin ridgetop.right near it I create a mock scrape also and tied a good overhanging branch above it.last year I started it way too late so I want it in place much earlier this year as I feel I missed out on major action. I'll maybe start a seperate topic on this as the season goes along if I get some good action over this.

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Re: Shifting

Unread postby attackone » Sat Aug 22, 2015 6:29 am

Pretty sure that my FIL got a pic of a buck already out of velvet and read on AT that others have been spotted...its getting closer
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Re: Shifting

Unread postby Lockdown » Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:55 pm

tim wrote:Droptyne, I went and cut my treebranch today for my horizontal rub.I took it off a whitepine around wrist thick.last year I placed it too high I had it thigh high.this year it will be knee high.I use thin cable with u-bolts to fasten and leave loose so deer can knock it around when rubbing.I place it rignt on the side of a natural deer runway on top of a n/s runnin ridgetop.right near it I create a mock scrape also and tied a good overhanging branch above it.last year I started it way too late so I want it in place much earlier this year as I feel I missed out on major action. [glow=red]I'll maybe start a seperate topic on this as the season goes along if I get some good action over this[/glow].

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