All yall passing on 8 and 10pt deers make me sick
You better find some dramamine because that won't be the last one I pass this year. LOL
All yall passing on 8 and 10pt deers make me sick
It sounds haughty and like I’m a deer snob but believe me… this year I’m really trying to be much more selective. I’ve really gotten back into bowhunting more seriously over the last four years and when I know there are some more mature deer on the property I’m hunting I’m really pushing myself to be much more selective. If I don’t I’m out of the game until firearms and although I am not a bowhunting purist, each year I’m leaning more and more to that. I just enjoy it so much more. I’ve resigned to only hunting turkeys in the spring with a bow now as well. Can’t really understand it just how I’m maturing with my hunting. I’ll probably jinx myself by taking the more selective approach this year but I’m strangely not worried about that either.All yall passing on 8 and 10pt deers make me sick
^This! I have one spot on some public that is just dynamite but my access is bad (only one way in and out so no choice). Essentially I can access for that hunt only and then in the overnight hours all the deer will know what's up. This is fine for does etc they'll be back a day or so later, but I don't want to tip off MR. Big yet. So I will stay out of this spot until things are perfect. In the mean time, ill keep hunting some other spots and maybe get surprised! I just love being out.I've always been told "The Best Time To Hunt Is When You Can" & You Can't Kill One On The Couch. I Agree w/ Maybe Staying Out of Your Favorite Spot For Now, but I Gotta Hunt Somewhere.
If you have the days off no matter what, yeah of course hunt. But if you have a limited number of days and you have to pick and choose, well then I’m not wasting days off when it’s 70 plus.
Years ago when I was in boot camp, my drill instructor told us, you guys are going to go out to the fleet and meet all kinds of old salts with all kinds of stories, listen to their stories, but form your own opinion about things. Don’t let someone else’s negative opinion about this or that become your opinion, find out for yourself.
I think that should be applied across all walks of life. Especially deer hunting. With the internet and podcasts these days we all get to share our experiences with each other, which is helpful, but can be detrimental as well. The US is a very large and diverse place. What is whitetail gospel in this region, is not even relevant in that region.
take all these responses with a grain of salt. Jeff sturgis is very knowledgeable about private, managed hunting grounds. Put that fella on public land in PA like they did on the THP public land challenge a few years back, and he looks lost. Not a dig at him at all, just an example of how different whitetail hunting can be.
The point im trying to make is read up on all the stats and opinions, but make your own opinions. Are deer moving as much in heat as they would in cooler weather, probably not. Are you basing your hunt around movement, or bedding and known travel routes?
Can you kill a big buck when it’s hot, of course you can. Is crappie fishing on point in the fall(literally and figuratively for all you anglers), absolutely! Do what you want, and make your own opinions.
I would take 70 in mid November over 32 in mid December.
The chance of a decent buck going by in mid November is higher than any other time of year unless you have one monitored and know what he's going to do next.
It's been brought up a ton, just getting yalls take. With lows in upper 50s and highs pushing into the low to mid 70s would you still go out? I'm on my cross country vacation dealing with the current Temps. My worry is gunk up my properties pushing my deer onto others where they'll meet the neighbors. The last few mornings have been mid 40s with very limited movement. Would you all go for it or hang it up and go fishing?
This kind of ties into the public vs private difference maybe? If you’ve done a great job managing some private and not pressuring it, seems like those warm temp chances would go up slightly. As to where on our local public you ain’t seein nuthin. Dunno for sure
My brother shot a nice 8pt this year during the October lull. It wasn't the "rut" and it was 72 degrees. He was surrounded by deer.
Why not?
Same here. Same situation, Friday morning. Tag filled.As I showed in a previous post. I shot a nice buck on Thursday night before sunset in 65 degree weather. A major factor into why I went was that it's November and that when the bucks around here start chasing and that exactly what he was doing. The weather wasn't the greatest but it's the right time to be in the woods.View attachment 75295
According to Mr. Sturgis, that's bad advice. But I tend to agree. Being a person who must work fulltime and manage my vacation time or other forms of PTO, I value getting out whenever I can.
Couldn't agree anymore with Kyler. A little story that drove it home for me. It was roughly 10 years ago.
In PA rifle season we go up for the first 3 days of rifle to our cabin. Its 1000 acres. We had 18 guys spread out on it.
On the first day it was piss warm 60° with a very slight on/off drizzle. Out of 18 guys only ONE person got a buck. My father and it was a scrawny 6.
For the second day a front came in throughout the first night that plummeted the high from 60 to 30.
By 930 we had 6 bucks down, 3 of which were the targets we had on cam. It's that dramatic of a difference.
Wait for the right conditions