dirt nap giver wrote:Lockdown wrote:I camera bombed the grove where I killed my buck this year. It's probably 6 or 7 acres and I had 3 cams on it. One on the 4 wheeler trail they cruise on down the middle of the grove, one watching the fence line they use as a travel corridor, and one right up against the doe bedding.
Judging by the first two cams, it would have seemed like a slow rut for what that place normally is. The bedding cam had bucks and chasing galore at all hours of the day.
Up until this year I had always stayed away from the doe bedding to keep from bumping them. This year I got aggressive and it paid off huge! I'll be in the thick of it for rut next year.
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Was your aggressive move a direct result of camera bombing and the Intel you obtained?
This has worked for me quite a few times over the last few years. Since I have yet to find that "magical tree" and this yields results.
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No, the kill wasn't the result of camera bombing. But having 3 cams in such a small area told me a TON about how they move in there.
I have always left the bedding alone to keep the does active in the little grove. No does=no bucks come rut. I decided the risk was well worth the reward and put a cam up close enough that I'm sure they heard me placing the camera.
I knew it was the #1 bedding area for the grove, and figured whether I screwed things up or not, I would be gaining Intel one way or another. In 4 years of running camera there, this was the best card pull yet.
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