Comments on: Hunting and Mature Whitetail Buck Behavior http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/comment-page-1/#comment-5603 Jim Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/#comment-5603 Excellent report on mature bucks. We purposely hunt the perimeter of our property to allow the deer to feel safe on the inside bedding cover. It makes it tough at times to see the old, mature bucks because we know they are bedded during daylight. Occasionally, one will move as the writer reports or a buck will enter our land from an adjacent property where he was pushed off by still hunters. It takes discipline and patience to not to shoot at young bucks while waiting for the mature bucks to make a mistake. Excellent report on mature bucks. We purposely hunt the perimeter of our property to allow the deer to feel safe on the inside bedding cover. It makes it tough at times to see the old, mature bucks because we know they are bedded during daylight. Occasionally, one will move as the writer reports or a buck will enter our land from an adjacent property where he was pushed off by still hunters. It takes discipline and patience to not to shoot at young bucks while waiting for the mature bucks to make a mistake.

]]> By: rick http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 rick Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:42:55 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/#comment-1136 I have hunted scrapes for a long time and have had the best luck by finding a buck's routes of travel to and from the scrape. I have found that bucks will commonly use vantage points to bed where the wind changes direction morning and mid-day. This allows him some rest and an ability to be well hid, yet the wind lets him know if any does have marked his scrap. However, this year I have found a incredible number of scrapes on a set of logging roads running parallel to one another. These roads are at least 1 mile long each and every 100 yards or more there are scrapes on each one. It is simply an incredible amount of scrapes! So one would think set up a blind or tree stand somewhere in the middle, wait, and hope. So where is this buck or bucks? In a swamp or on a plateau up wind in the morning and down wind in the late day. Every time I attempt a 4 hour long sneak ambush.... there the buck goes!! On the other side. One explosive jump and gone. Makes me growl, then smile every time. He's a shooter.... and a great opponent. Though he probably doesn't feel this respect for me, I do for him. One of us will die of old age before we give up. Hope it's me. Aim small , miss small. You all have a good hunt. Sincerly yours-- Richard W. Baril, Haverhill NH I have hunted scrapes for a long time and have had the best luck by finding a buck’s routes of travel to and from the scrape. I have found that bucks will commonly use vantage points to bed where the wind changes direction morning and mid-day. This allows him some rest and an ability to be well hid, yet the wind lets him know if any does have marked his scrap.

However, this year I have found a incredible number of scrapes on a set of logging roads running parallel to one another. These roads are at least 1 mile long each and every 100 yards or more there are scrapes on each one. It is simply an incredible amount of scrapes!

So one would think set up a blind or tree stand somewhere in the middle, wait, and hope. So where is this buck or bucks? In a swamp or on a plateau up wind in the morning and down wind in the late day. Every time I attempt a 4 hour long sneak ambush…. there the buck goes!! On the other side. One explosive jump and gone.

Makes me growl, then smile every time. He’s a shooter…. and a great opponent. Though he probably doesn’t feel this respect for me, I do for him. One of us will die of old age before we give up. Hope it’s me.

Aim small , miss small. You all have a good hunt. Sincerly yours–

Richard W. Baril, Haverhill NH

]]> By: Buck Manager http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Buck Manager Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:36:34 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/#comment-1042 A buck will check his scrapes often when anticipating the rut, sometimes daily. After he pairs up with a doe, however, he may not check his scrapes for days. It depends on the number of does in the area as well as the individual buck. A buck will check his scrapes often when anticipating the rut, sometimes daily. After he pairs up with a doe, however, he may not check his scrapes for days. It depends on the number of does in the area as well as the individual buck.

]]> By: mark http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 mark Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:39:58 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/10/mature-whitetail-buck-behavior-going-nocturnal/#comment-1036 How often do you think a mature buck 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 will check his scrape line. How often do you think a mature buck 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 will check his scrape line.

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