Mine was from a saddle his was from a hangon I set at 3am.
You lazy guys have all the luck.
Mine was from a saddle his was from a hangon I set at 3am.
You lazy guys have all the luck.
Luck starts at 3 am
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Just because you find hunter sign, it doesn't mean it is current. Where I live I doubt there is a spot that has never been hunted. But life gets in the way, people move or just stop hunting. It is always worth a shot. Most guys are lazy and will not make the extra effort on a day to day basis.I am glad this topic came up. I hunt a large WMA (public land) in December. I primarily hunt this WMA due to it having late Rut action. Almost like a second chance to hunt the Rut. So i have hunted it for couple of years now.Every year i am trying to find a spot where i can kill a big buck on this WMA. I Know killing a BIG buck on on any public ground is not going to be easy. Each year i give a shot anyway. Cant kill them from the couch.
So i have been scouting a few times this year. Planning on doing more after season is over. Just learned about John Eberhart's tactics this October. I have found what looks to be a big bucks bedding are. Huge beds with years of new and old rubs leading in to it. I was scouting this same huge block of woods 2 weeks ago. I ended up 150 yds away from this same area by accident. I was trying to avoid that area due to leaving scent in the area. So 150yds away on ridge that leads right in to the bedding area i find a pink ribbon. I suspect they probably did the same as i. Walk the top of the ridge following the deer sign. This spot was 800 yds off the parking area. .
On a previous year i scouted a spot. Walked a mile back in to a public spot boarding private land. Found a huge set of tracks and followed them in the woods. About 40 yds in came up on a fire break Marked with pink ribbon. So i followed the fire break about another half a mile as it went across the top of the mountain and down the side. No end to the pink ribbons was found. So i gave up on that spot. This wma is over 25000 acres of mountains. I have tried scouting some over looked spots close to the road. I have not found any good spots that were free from fresh hunter sign. If i was just trying to kill a deer. It would be so much easier. Trying to kill a big buck is another story though. So the struggle goes on. I have about 2 or 3 more days i can scout it before the hunt. Hopefully i can find a spot.
Let's talk about hunting around other hunters in high pressure areas during gun season. What's your strategy?
Wanted to give an update on what I said earlier on this thread and my gun season tactics...
The property I hunt is basically two long ridges. The top ridge has a road on the norther border and is where 98% of the pressure comes from. It was no different this year and I planned for that. I sat the FAR back corner as far from the main entrance as possible between two well known bedding areas. I also entered a different way which involved a good bit longer walk but the wind was in my advantage the whole time. I saw ZERO hunters all week which is insane for this area. My dad on the other hand hunted the ridge closest to the entrance and saw tons of guys. But for some reason they were all piling into one area lol. I passed 8-9 small bucks and finally got my chance yesterday. Just as I suspected the pressure throughout the week had pushed the deer into the far corner of the property into the bedding area I had scouted prior. At 7:45am I tagged the biggest buck on the property (that I know of anyways). He was just calmly feeding his way back in to bed for the day
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Yeah Flingin' that is a fantastic buck. The world is less some amazing bucks this year because of you lol. Great job!!
I like to find a creek crossing where it leads to the thickest privit around. Get in early and pack a lunch.
I like to see where others hunt and figure out why they hunt there. I look at maps and topo to see if there is a better area to hunt. That is part of what led me to saddle hunting.
I found that most guys hunt where they can based on tree availability not necessarily where they want or the best spot based on terrain.
I see a lot of deer in one season but almost never the big bucks. I’ve been trying to learn how to hunt the big guys. I wish hunting beast would get on Tapatalk it would make my life easier! Lol.
I’m about to jnvest in Johns books and dvds and see if I can learn something.
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