River bank hunting
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River bank hunting
I have been hunting this pinch point along this river now for a few seasons and I have found that the bucks walk the bank like a highway during the rut while cruising for does, where the buck icon is I have seen or have pictures of several trophy bucks walking the bank, what would be the ideal wind and time of day to hunt a spot like this?
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Re: River bank hunting
How wide and deep is the river?
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Re: River bank hunting
crankn101 wrote:How wide and deep is the river?
1 mile wide, 200ft deep lol
They aren’t crossing that bad boy too offen
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Re: River bank hunting
I would look at those sightings and pictures to answer that question. Look up the historical weather data on those dates. Choose your setup accordingly. My two cents.
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Re: River bank hunting
If you still have the pictures, check the dates and see if you can look up the historical wind data for those days. Maybe there’s a pattern to when/how the bucks are traveling there
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Re: River bank hunting
I’ve looked them up before but they all seem to be different wind directions that don’t really add up, I’ll double check them and let ya’ll know what I find out
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Re: River bank hunting
This is all the info i can think of
Yellow pin is a group of known doe beds
Purple was a 5 1/2 year old buck 1 month before prime rut at 8AM with a ESE wind
Yellow line (same buck as purple but 2 years earlier) prime rut 4:30PM S wind
Blue line was an older buck I saw that I’m not sure his age, by the look of him he was an older deer at least 5 or more, prime rut 4:30PM W wind
Red line 8 year old buck that my buddy ended up killing later that year I had a picture of him during prime rut at 3AM with
N wind
Yellow pin is a group of known doe beds
Purple was a 5 1/2 year old buck 1 month before prime rut at 8AM with a ESE wind
Yellow line (same buck as purple but 2 years earlier) prime rut 4:30PM S wind
Blue line was an older buck I saw that I’m not sure his age, by the look of him he was an older deer at least 5 or more, prime rut 4:30PM W wind
Red line 8 year old buck that my buddy ended up killing later that year I had a picture of him during prime rut at 3AM with
N wind
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Re: River bank hunting
I'd anticipate any kind of east or north wind where they can use the bank to scent check everything inland. Without seeing an aerial to know what the over is like, I'd also expect those does to be bedding farther towards the river one east winds.
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Re: River bank hunting
I'm thinking maybe since they're random winds when they come through that they're cutting around the downwind side of the doe budding area and the trails they end take end up connecting the trail that you're getting the pictures on? Or they could just be scent checking the doe trails coming out of there. I'd say maybe find some of those side trails and set up on one of those depending on the sign.
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