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Cold Front!!!

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DwadeCham

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It is on the way. 30 degree drop from Thursday to Friday. I want to get out Wed as well because it will be our first night in the 30s but I may not be able to due to some truck repairs.

So just looking for any opinions. I can go back and hunt the place I shot, without recovery, that big buck or go to another place I have access to. Here are the factors:

1. Place I shot the big buck I have been to twice. Last Wednesday I had a little spike walk under my tree with no disturbance. I have been the last two Wednesdays. Mainly pasture that is bordered by strips of trees. I have a pretty good setup where the deer move through within cover but open enough for a shot.

2. I haven't been to this property yet this year. Mainly woods on ridges. There is a fairly good travel pattern through the property but isn't as narrow or defined. Not a lot of oaks but there are some. There is bedding on top. I killed a 10 pointer out there last year and owner told me earlier this year he has seen a 12 or 14 pointer out there.

Just curious on different opinions.
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Go for the new spot u haven't hunted but have good evidence of the trails. Fresh farm and first time on stand = best chance at ur deer.


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Your wind direction from Thursday to Friday is almost 180. That typically makes the decision for you.
 
Wind will be very similar to when I shot that big buck. Northwest. It is pretty good for that travel corridor at the second property too. I know from an intrusion standpoint the second option is better. There is just this part of me that hopes the big boy survived and will be back.

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DwadeCham said:
Wind will be very similar to when I shot that big buck. Northwest. It is pretty good for that travel corridor at the second property too. I know from an intrusion standpoint the second option is better. There is just this part of me that hopes the big boy survived and will be back.

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My guess is there is a chance he survived but he won't be back. It's one thing for a buck to return to an area after being spooked, in my opinion it's unlikely he returns after taking an arrow. The buck in the story I told in your other thread survived, but he didn't return to the area for almost a year.
 
I had a buck one time that I broke his shoulder with a bad arrow shot. He stayed around the property for the rest of the winter. I suspect he may have died or got and harvested by somebody else because at late winter I never saw him again. But he was by my stand several times; I just never had another shot.


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jryser said:
I had a buck one time that I broke his shoulder with a bad arrow shot. He stayed around the property for the rest of the winter. I suspect he may have died or got and harvested by somebody else because at late winter I never saw him again. But he was by my stand several times; I just never had another shot.


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I have heard lots of stories like that. But I think I am going to let that spot rest for another week. I'll go back as we keep getting better weather and into the rut.

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Good move DwadeCham! And Swampsnyper, you defined the only fight my wife and I ever had...

Her birthday is November 3, and we have an agreement that no celebration occurs unless it's 50° above the norm. And since she married me anyway...


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So I guess our cold is gone after tomorrow and we are back into the 70s but I assume the rut is getting cranked up. Looking for that doe Friday I found a pretty good sized rub.

Guess it's close to time of being out there regardless of weather.

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