Are you seeing any big bucks chasing does yet? My bow stands are about an hour or more away. So far I've just been doing some doe watching.
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Deer Hunters?
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Not in NC Ok. Saw a few rubs/scrapes in one area but most the areas I hunt, I have seen none. As for bucks/does. All game cam pics from Seiling to NC OK has bucks in groups and does in groups.
As far as my overall opinion, I have never, never in the last who-knows-how-many years seen a lack of deer movement, deer presence in the area. I have family that have hunted 6 days in the last week and seeing little to no deer at their normal haunts. I have one close friend who has the most incredible spot imagineable. He said he has hunted this place well over 10 years and cannot remember ever getting skunked (not seeing a deer during a hunt). He was skunked 3 days in a row.
Local game warden said the drought/heat has taken it's toll. The fawn numbers are way down as many died as the result. Not many twins. He said this will be evidenced greater in about 2 years as buck numbers will be down until it corrects itself naturally.
As far as my overall opinion, I have never, never in the last who-knows-how-many years seen a lack of deer movement, deer presence in the area. I have family that have hunted 6 days in the last week and seeing little to no deer at their normal haunts. I have one close friend who has the most incredible spot imagineable. He said he has hunted this place well over 10 years and cannot remember ever getting skunked (not seeing a deer during a hunt). He was skunked 3 days in a row.
Local game warden said the drought/heat has taken it's toll. The fawn numbers are way down as many died as the result. Not many twins. He said this will be evidenced greater in about 2 years as buck numbers will be down until it corrects itself naturally.
Next weekend is usually when I start seeing bucks moving more and starting over the next few weeks to disband their buck groups and go alone finding does or sometimes large bucks will follow a smaller one (smart!). So while the bucks won't be in rut for a few weeks, they should be moving around trying to find where all the does will be and start making their marks plus increase in buck/buck agression.
74, It's not easy to tell at that angle, but the bigger buck in the last pic looks mighty interesting. Could that be a 10?
I've been wanting to get a tripod stand just to set up in some cedars! That is great concealment.
Saw my first shooter buck tonight, at 200 yards. Too bad it was youth season.
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He won't score alot, but has the cool factor. first one like him I haver ever had on camera. He is on the wish list. I would like to see him live 2 more years but where he is at there is very little chance of that unless he keeps up his nocturnal ways.
That is a mature buck and I'd take him in a second! Very nice deer! Good luck and I bet you or someone on your lease gets him.
Really enjoyed looking at all these trailcam pics! Having only seen a handful of whitetail bucks in my life, when do you expect the rut to start? The mulies around here won't start until December or January.
Still a tad early compared to normal however bucks chased doe below my stand all last week. Had one chasin tonight in different spot 30 miles away.
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Last week I took a couple of days off to go to the ranch and didn't get a shot, (again) but saw a 130 class and 140 class 10 pointer that just missed being in range.... it might have shot at it, but it was dusk and light was not great at that time.
Didn't get a second chance.
Didn't get a second chance.
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