Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby ThePreBanMan » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:55 pm

Bucks are still following does like a lost puppy dog here in MA well into December.... After mid-December it seems like activity falls off a cliff. May have to do with Shotgun season being the first 2 weeks of the month.


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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby PK_ » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:16 pm

in ohio I would love to hunt those dates. Tail end of the rut and gun hasn’t opened yet right? I would be stoked.
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby RDubs44 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:59 pm

All your guys comments are exactly what I need to hear...still hard at the hunt. I will stay focused on bed hunting like I have all season.
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Tue Nov 21, 2017 12:56 am

PK_ wrote:in ohio I would love to hunt those dates. Tail end of the rut and gun hasn’t opened yet right? I would be stoked.


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A little off subject, but;
I've done muzzle in Jan twice and don't recommend it unless you have a corn pile to sit on.
I didn't and by then the deer are only into feeding, hence a good food source...
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby James » Tue Nov 21, 2017 1:08 am

A few years back I had a stellar sit with Arrowbender on Black Friday. We saw my target buck that day, unfortunately he was with a doe and not interested in coming closer to us. We also saw a few other decent bucks. We were setup over bedding.

Killed one of my best bucks on Dec 3. He came out pushing a doe that a fork had pushed by me. Def a second rut situation.
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby crankn101 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:20 am

2014- I killed a mature buck Nov 28th

2016- I wounded a 3.5 yo buck and seen a true BEAST Nov 24th
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby d_rek » Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:18 am

I've killed deer two years running the day before thanksgiving. Hoping for a threepeat this year.
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby Lockdown » Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:35 am

2015 I had a mature buck on cam in daylight in Oscar’s (rut only grove that holds does) on Nov. 25th. That same year I waited until the day after muzzy season closed to scout some public. Kicked up a nice 3 yr ten pt bedded with a doe. That was something like dec 12th.

Like others have said I wouldn’t expect a lot of cruising and rut movement, but the big ones should still have the ladies on their mind. You have the go ahead from your wife, therefore you’re nuts if you don’t go. ;) give it your best shot and use it as a learning experience. What if you don’t go and you end up in the same scenario next year? You’re going to wish you had went. Go this year so you know what you’re dealing with.
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Re: Have you ever had success as late as Thanksgiving?

Unread postby HoosierG5 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 10:12 am

In Indiana, I have consistently got the biggest bucks on cameras from Nov 20-30 than the 1-10. If you have the pass what do you have to lose? Its not “wasted time” if you know where doe bedding is located. Could produce the biggest buck of your life :pray:


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