Public Land Beast wrote:blackwolf wrote:When hunting the rut period Oct 28-Nov 18 plan on hunting a lot 10am-2pm. Your success on nice bucks wil go up.
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blackwolf wrote:When hunting the rut period Oct 28-Nov 18 plan on hunting a lot 10am-2pm. Your success on nice bucks wil go up.
Sweet Shot 7 wrote:Iv been hunting mobile for a couple years now. When I do hunt buck beds I never took in consideraton the winds he would be using that bed and moon phase. I purchased both DVD and watched them several time. Along with the tips from fellow hunters on here I plan on having a great season and hopefully successful season!
backstraps wrote:This is a very good topic...and one I can relate to.
I have been hunting now for only 17 years. To be honest, I can go to land and scout the "old"way and usually whack a couple descent bucks a year. When freezer hunting comes along, my buddies and I have mentioned for several years now, that we can almost harvest a doe anytime we want.
That being said, I have to admit, 3 years ago I decided I wanted to hunt and harvest deer outside of the 3 year old and under club, and hopefully exceeding 120 inches. Last year was my first year of letting a few deer above 125-130 inch walk due to them being 3.5 years old or younger. Now granted had I not seen or known of an older buck on the property that may have been a different story letting them walk. But I did know of a few really desirable bucks, thats the reason I was trying so hard on that property.
Hunting bucks 3.5 and older has proven over the last couple years to me that I dont know how to hunt them correctly. I am eager to learn all I can and try and relate some of the pass hunting practices I had to see my errors.
I did get a chance at a true giant 2 years ago. My shot placement was back on a quartering buck. I would have gotten liver on entrance and one lung on exit. I located good blood right away, both dark blood from liver and a little pink bubbled blood I think from his nose. I gave the buck several hours and went back to try and retrieve the deer. When he exited the woods where I was set up though, he went into a huge wide open field. I lost track of sign and never recovered the buck. That "wouldve" been my first mature 4 year year old and older buck. It saddens me to think I wasted an opportunity I was given, and more so than that, I am certain the deer died.
So, hard lesson learned there for me too, I was so eager to shoot a big old buck, that I should have let him walk rather than taking such an extreme quartering shot.
Back to the subject (didnt mean to get off chasing rabbit tracks there)
I am trying to study the "ART" of reading the maps with parcels of land I already know real well (even though I dont hunt them correctly)
BEAST tactics are for real. I know you guys have tons of experience hunting this style, and I am realistic, and have set goals for trying to learn these tactics, and see results.
One thing I learned growing up, if you want to be good at something, you have to dedicate time to it. It also helps to surround yourself with people who are much better than you are to learn from. I have done that here :)
Autumn Ninja wrote:Spend a lot of time in the woods hunting and in-season scouting. When you find sign, scrapes, rubs, beds...make note's and study map's. When you see deer...make note's and study map's.
Find the food in your area and when/how the deer transition through each one...make note's and study map's. Doe's leave a ton of sign, find where they bed and they will show you the hot food source.
Dont just make note of WHERE you see beds, rubs, scrapes, trails, deer....ask your self WHY its there.
Deer hunting is just plain old common sense. I learned more about hunting my first two years in the field, then I learned in 25 years of reading mag's, books, the net and watching videos.
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