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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby rbuckleyjr1 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:56 am

I usually put in a fair amount of winter/ spring scouting, but have never had a mature target buck. I'm hoping to change that this season. I'm starting by attending the MI/ WI scouting workshops. I've read so much and think I have plan till I get in the woods, then I get stuck looking for the same sign most other guys are. I'm hoping that by seeing in person how some of the more experienced guys tackle properties will help me take my own scouting up a notch.


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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby IkemanTx » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:19 pm

In terms of next season, I have a 3.5 and a 4.5 narrowed down.

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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby Stanley » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:30 pm

mainebowhunter wrote:
Stanley wrote:Its hard to tell right now as the deer are yarded up. Some of my spots are void of deer period, right now.


Ok. So how many did you locate in 2015? How about 2014?

2 last year killed one.
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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby Dewey » Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:18 pm

I have one so far that is 5-6 years old that I know made it thru the season. Only reason I know his age is because I have history with him the past 3 seasons. Spent way too much time targeting that buck this past season and ended up with tag soup.

Usually I don't have many target bucks per say because most of the good bucks hang out where I cannot shine or run cameras and glassing is very difficult since access outside the season is very limited. Basically hunting ghosts I never laid eyes on except the sign they leave behind.

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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby seazofcheeze » Thu Jan 21, 2016 2:38 pm

In 2015, I had 5 "shooters" by my standards. One 4.5, one 3.5, and three nice 2.5s. I'm such a good hunter, I never saw any of them while hunting, haha.

This year, I'm hoping to double that number to 10. My main concern is to find better quality hunting areas and more of them. I'm still not at the stage where I am hunting specific bucks, so being in good areas should take care of my goals as they relate to the size of bucks I'm targeting.

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Re: How many mature animals have you located preseason?

Unread postby mainebowhunter » Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:13 am

Keep the responses coming...


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