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 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:29:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 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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