Miles Per Hour?

[ODH]

Hoping to get some advice on this one - we have a buck on text cam showing up on a natural food source consistently 10pm +/- 30 minutes on a south wind, including last 4 nights in a row. Enters from the W on the same trail every time. It's dark around 7:45pm. For a slew of reasons I am betting his bed and travel route is from the SW of the food source. This is farm country but for a mile+ in a SW direction its all dense woods, rolling terrain, with many bedding locations, some I know of. There is also an alfalfa hay field 3/4 mile away in that general direction which he could be hitting first but I doubt it. Question is how far away should I start? Given the pattern I can probably get a couple of cracks at it if I do this right. There is a known bed 150 yards away but that can't be it, too close. The woods don't offer much visibility for observation sits. I am thinking of starting a half mile away, then moving closer 200 yards or so at a time. Given the terrain and transition lines I have a pretty good idea on the most likely travel route if I have guessed the direction right so picking the spots won't be as hard as it probably sounds. Is a half mile too close? too far? No acorns in these woods so not a lot of reason to linger in a spot. All ideas welcome. Season opens Oct 1

[Kcbuckeye22]

I’d use a topo map and pick about 10 bedding locations within a mile. Then pick out 10 bedding locations on an aerial map. See which ones mesh together and which ones have the best access. After limiting it down I’d do an observation sit to gather a little more detail. After that I would hope I have a better idea of his core bedding area, to go in for a kill.

[headgear]

Ya I would forget about distance because there just no telling, he could be 500 yards away munching on acorns for a while and then hit your plot or he could be miles away. Mark some potential bedding on a map and then scout your way back.

[ODH]

thanks fellas

[Abishai]

https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.c ... -unraveled

https://www.qdma.com/gps-reveals-early- ... -patterns/

Here's a few links to articles to help you narrow down distance traveled according to when the buck arrives at the food source after shooting hours.

[ODH]

https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/mature-buck-travel-distance-unraveled

https://www.qdma.com/gps-reveals-early- ... -patterns/

Here's a few links to articles to help you narrow down distance traveled according to when the buck arrives at the food source after shooting hours.

Thanks those articles are both helpful. Kind of what I was thinking he's relatively close and in a spot I should be able to find.

[Brandonkinchen]

https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/blog/mature-buck-travel-distance-unraveled

https://www.qdma.com/gps-reveals-early- ... -patterns/

Here's a few links to articles to help you narrow down distance traveled according to when the buck arrives at the food source after shooting hours.

Thanks those articles are both helpful. Kind of what I was thinking he's relatively close and in a spot I should be able to find.

Just another piece of the puzzle

[backstraps]

Thats dor sure a tough one to guess at. The surrounding would play in to his time pattern.

I have several thousand pictures of a buck I had similar occurrences with. He was leas than 500 yards away, and just took a long time to get in front of my cams

Once rut rolled around though he was on me at first light.

Just too many variables to make an assumption unless you expand your camera positions out and try to obtain a travel time line