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Post by johnc911 on Nov 24, 2015 18:56:31 GMT -5
Ive been hunting for 28 years and sometimes i think i know everything. I had every intention of hunting this morning but decided to sit it out because of some of the posts i read on this thread. Thought i would go this evening instead. Ended up killing a nice 8 as he was heading from a bedding area out to feed. Could not be happier right now. Thanks Peeps !!!
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Post by trapperdave on Nov 24, 2015 19:09:21 GMT -5
Congrats John! Glad to hear it
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 24, 2015 19:49:31 GMT -5
Ive been hunting for 28 years and sometimes i think i know everything. I had every intention of hunting this morning but decided to sit it out because of some of the posts i read on this thread. Thought i would go this evening instead. Ended up killing a nice 8 as he was heading from a bedding area out to feed. Could not be happier right now. Thanks Peeps !!! You'll get our bill later... Congratulations! It ain't over, till it's over ... .
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 25, 2015 11:04:40 GMT -5
Rut far from over. Post RUT won't actually begin until sometime in January once all doe's have been bred. Sometimes that won't be until Feb. for some yearlings. What most are seeing now is the primary rut winding down as most doe's are bred Late October and month of November. Doe's pattern's are changing to their winter pattern where in many case's they group together as food source's become harder and harder to find. That is your best bet once this happens. HUNT FOOD SOURCE'S and travel corridor's to and from food source's. Activity has slowed this week as well having entered into the full moon stage. So much activity is taking place under the cover of darkness.
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Post by chewbacca on Nov 25, 2015 11:27:58 GMT -5
I sat last night and watched 28 does and fawns come out and feed in the cut corn field in front of me. No bucks but they will start making appearances with the does fairly soon. The deer are definitely starting to herd up now. The problem with them herding up is you will either end up seeing a lot of deer or none. It is a very feast or famine time to hunt. But stay with it, the payoff will happen.
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Post by bigjim on Nov 29, 2015 0:17:03 GMT -5
Standing beans are the best muzzleloader season food plot i have ever experienced. We plant two diferent 1 acre soybean plots each year n i wouldnt sit anywhere else after dec 1
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Nov 29, 2015 9:48:11 GMT -5
Standing beans are the best muzzleloader season food plot i have ever experienced. We plant two diferent 1 acre soybean plots each year n i wouldnt sit anywhere else after dec 1 When do you plan these plots? I'd like to try it next year. This year, I'm hoping they like turnips.
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Post by bartiks on Nov 29, 2015 13:17:16 GMT -5
Well sounds like I might have the perfect setup for late hunting this year then by taking into account what everyone says. I have a little 1.5 acre field planted with cover crop, not for sure what it is. Might be wheat, tell you the truth I didn't pay much attention to it. However the field is about 20 yards from their bedding site which is to the south and to the north is a county road with a hill that buts up immediately to the north of the field. Kind of like a plateau, I plan on taking a rope tie it to a tree which will be right next to the ground blind so I can walk down the road, scale up the hill into the blind to avoid walking through their bedding area.
I will let you know how it turns out in late December.
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Post by bigjim on Nov 29, 2015 14:39:07 GMT -5
We plant 1 acre soybean plots next to our 1 acre clover/alfalfa mix plots. Beans are planted in may of each year. The deer browse the beans throught the summer as heavily as the do the clover mix. The deer eat the pods in december, as i stated afternoons in cold weather over a standing bean plot ... Nothing better. Took my buck in them this year.
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Post by bigjim on Nov 29, 2015 14:40:52 GMT -5
We have not had much luck with ghe turnips, between the clover, beans n corn they seem to not touch the turnips. Seems tufnips are more favored by deer in less agricultural areas? Just our experience
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Post by mission5 on Nov 29, 2015 16:21:54 GMT -5
Yep when the does start to herd up you will either see 10 of them or none of them. They are definitely starting to herd up here in Monroe County.
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Post by rocker4x4 on Nov 29, 2015 16:39:32 GMT -5
I kinda like it when they herd up. Hunt the travel patterns they are taking to feed and you'll see deer,
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Post by kevin1 on Nov 29, 2015 21:31:31 GMT -5
We have not had much luck with ghe turnips, between the clover, beans n corn they seem to not touch the turnips. Seems tufnips are more favored by deer in less agricultural areas? Just our experience The tops would be too bitter for them right now, wait until a frost sweetens them and then hit them.
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Post by swilk on Nov 29, 2015 21:40:11 GMT -5
Planted radishes this year and its pretty interesting....deer browse the foliage to an extent but they are also digging/kicking the bulbs themselves up and eating them pretty heavy right now. I just went to my local seed dealer to get them and while they were supposed to be similar to the "groundhog" type they don't seem to be long and narrow and deep rooting. They have large bulbs and aren't that deep. My deer seem to really like them.
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Post by raymar on Nov 29, 2015 22:19:49 GMT -5
I and my cousin both took bucks off radishes. They are planted for fertilizer and erosion control and the deer seem to love the more than alfalfa and other crops. I am going to plant some next year around some other areas I hunt.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Nov 30, 2015 11:47:11 GMT -5
We have not had much luck with ghe turnips, between the clover, beans n corn they seem to not touch the turnips. Seems tufnips are more favored by deer in less agricultural areas? Just our experience Thanks bigjim, I'll see if I can put in some beans next year.
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Post by steiny on Nov 30, 2015 15:06:52 GMT -5
The deer are hammering my turnips right now. You won't see much use with turnips first year you plant them. Seems like you have to train the deer a season or two, then they really go after them. They mowed down our soybeans in the early growth stages so we have very little beans available for this winter. last couple winters they were the ticket.
Regarding the rut ...... Saw a slammer buck out bedded in a field of corn stubble with a doe alongside the highway this morning. Turned around to check him out, pulled over and they didn't budge (100 yards away) till I stepped out of the truck. There is still some breeding going on boys !
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Post by bigjim on Nov 30, 2015 16:48:22 GMT -5
Dropped this nice pig last week on his way to the adjacent soybean n clover plots. He was gruntin n slobbering on his way in. There were 6 does in the plots feeding around 5 pm
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 30, 2015 17:30:43 GMT -5
Great deer!! Is that 20 in inside spread? Looks great. Congratulations on a great deer
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Nov 30, 2015 18:28:40 GMT -5
Jim, that's a beast!
I'll have to get me some beans.
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