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Post by boonechaser on Sept 1, 2015 9:24:41 GMT -5
Noticed far fewer pic's of bucks the past week and fewer buck sighting's around mineral lick's and food plot's. Also have seen couple buck's shedding velvet and have found a couple rub's. Every oak tree seems to have nut's on them and some starting to fall already so I am pretty sure where the bucks are going for food source. Opener will be here before we know it.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Sept 1, 2015 10:09:06 GMT -5
I noticed one of mine had partially shed his velvet last week during my last cam check. I still had pictures of 4 or 5 bucks together in a bachelor group though.
Haven't noticed any rubs yet, but have been trying to stay out of my 2 small properties as much as possible.
I did have some land open up for me to hunt this year where I work.. As soon as we get a halfway cool afternoon I'm going to go in and do some scouting.
1 more month!
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Post by parrothead on Sept 1, 2015 10:55:51 GMT -5
Like clock work. Always first of Sept. they just stop using minerals.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 1, 2015 11:10:52 GMT -5
Deer tendencies as far as movement are always controlled by 3 things; food, water and security. Those things change throughout the year so their travels change...no deer works in a pattern sense like many think; a pattern repeats itself with no deviation. Not a single deer I know does this...now granted travel tendecies from year to year or with similar situations like prevailing winds, food source timing and such can make deer rather predictable at times.  *****4!!! Cannot believe I forgot the drive to pro-create. Survival of their species is a powerful thing at times. |
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Post by swilk on Sept 1, 2015 11:18:11 GMT -5
You forgot sex. For a few weeks out of the year male deer basically forget about the other 3 and are driven by the need/desire/want/ to do the deed.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 1, 2015 12:19:53 GMT -5
You forgot sex. For a fee weeks out of the year male deer basically forget about the other 3 and are driven by the need/desire/want/ to do the deed. procreation....wow. I even have an article I wrote for a small online publication recently that I stated the 4 driving factors....*idiot moment. |
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Post by Land Between the Lakes on Sept 1, 2015 15:45:06 GMT -5
I normally see bucks in groups until the first and second week of September in southern Indiana and western Kentucky. I guess it just all depends on where you hunt.
That's one good thing about the states that open season in early September, you can still hunt the bucks on their summer feeding pattern and a lot of them still have velvet. Usually by the third week of September the bucks are mostly out of groups, they have lost their velvet, and they are less social and are much harder to pattern and hunt. The first two weeks of September are always a great time to hunt in Kentucky over or near a food source.
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Post by weeman on Sept 1, 2015 23:06:56 GMT -5
Wouldn't be any fun to go tag out on first hunt ...I couldn't spend October trying to nail smokeytoast and wear myself to a nub through November. .well I might if I had to.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 2, 2015 7:30:19 GMT -5
Shot my biggest buck one year on October 1st not 3 hours into the season....I hunted more, but also had time to do more intense in season scouting too....and wife loved the time it free'd up. Still went doe hunting plenty too though!
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Post by swilk on Sept 2, 2015 7:32:03 GMT -5
Ill take it whenever it comes ... first day or last. All too often it doesnt come at all.
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 2, 2015 9:23:02 GMT -5
Ill take it whenever it comes ... first day or last. All too often it doesnt come at all. Yup....if I get one early this year...I'm grabbing an OTC Michigan license and will chase some sweet public land spot bucks on some gems I got available up there. |
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