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What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Badger » Sun Oct 06, 2013 2:00 pm

I have a spot I want to hunt on Monday because the wind is supposed to be perfect but the only way I can get in position is to cross up wind of the bedding area. How far is a safe distance to do that? I imagine wind speed would have an effect. The bed is about 200 yards into the cattails from the transition line.


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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby ehlusive » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:04 pm

I was over 400 yards away two weeks ago watched him get up and run off out of a crap field. I think it depends on the buck though.

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Unread postby ehlusive » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:05 pm

Crp not crap

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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Milk Weed Seed » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:20 pm

A very long distance. Several hundred yards isn't enough.

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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Badger » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:03 pm

I can get quite a bit farther out the only thing I'm worried about is that at around 250 yards there is a goat path that all the other hunter use so there is a good chance someone else will cross though at that distance. I would hate to go a mile out of my way just to have some other hunter blow it for me but I guess that's the game that needs to be played.
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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Knute78 » Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:42 am

Chances are if there is a hunter/walking trail at 250 yards that buck smells people coming an going all the time. My guess is he is alerted by the smell the quickly calms down unless the people are getting close to where he beds or if the smell doesn't go away. He is bedding there for a reason and the advantages it creates. Can you get in there on a slightly off wind or maybe use te same trail everyone else does and then break off towards the kill tree?

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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby dan » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:48 am

Knute78 wrote:Chances are if there is a hunter/walking trail at 250 yards that buck smells people coming an going all the time. My guess is he is alerted by the smell the quickly calms down unless the people are getting close to where he beds or if the smell doesn't go away. He is bedding there for a reason and the advantages it creates. Can you get in there on a slightly off wind or maybe use te same trail everyone else does and then break off towards the kill tree?

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X2 Take the "goat path"... They are used to hunters walking there. Also, going across the wind stream fast and early will help a lot. If you go across say noon or 1pm, he is a lot more likely to be in a groggy half asleep state and much more likely to forget about your scent, or calm down.
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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Badger » Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:22 am

If the wind works out tomorrow for that bedding area I'm heading down the goat path to victory...or not, we'll see :D
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Re: What is a safe distance to cross a buck bed from up wind

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:14 am

Badger wrote:If the wind works out tomorrow for that bedding area I'm heading down the goat path to victory...or not, we'll see :D



Good luck Badger!

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