This picture was taken beginning of June...that's when the camera ran out of power from being placed there in the middle of March. Placed more batteries and wont check this camera again until middle of july
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First Nice Buck Located
- Thread starter Silvio
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It's never to late in the summer to generate good buck photos...without a buck prof source..its hunting blind...try water sources and transition zones...He's looking right at the camera...yikes
Would love to get a velvet buck on one of mine...says the worst deer camera guy on the planet.
Awesome looking bucks fellas!
Quick newb question: this will be my first season hunting public (before was private only and it was easier to know what was going on at the property). Do you all try locate bucks on camera first without the use of mineral sites? Or do you go ahead and put down a mineral block for assistance? My thinking was that if I locate a nice buck WITHOUT the mineral site; then I know he already frequents that area. Then I can throw down a mineral block to get clearer pics of him and see him develop. Does that question make sense?
Here is the buck I found so far. He's hustling through, but you can see his rack is already outside the ears (still not as big as Gator's buck though).
Quick newb question: this will be my first season hunting public (before was private only and it was easier to know what was going on at the property). Do you all try locate bucks on camera first without the use of mineral sites? Or do you go ahead and put down a mineral block for assistance? My thinking was that if I locate a nice buck WITHOUT the mineral site; then I know he already frequents that area. Then I can throw down a mineral block to get clearer pics of him and see him develop. Does that question make sense?
Here is the buck I found so far. He's hustling through, but you can see his rack is already outside the ears (still not as big as Gator's buck though).
Hes most likely a resident buck, but mineral licks draw more deer for the camera. This is the fun part of the season - finding bucks you want to target
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Yes, if anything else you'll provide some trace minerals that might be lacking in their natural brose. Sometimes it really provides enhanced antler deveolopment... I have a mineral protocol that works every year and two yr olds look pretty impressive. I'm not promoting any product but I prefer Trophy Rock in the rock form...its a lick rather than mixing it with the dirt and the deer eating that...just never felt good to me
This was on June 17 I thought it was just a spike at first but looks like he’s got good mass
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Nice...hope you generate some more pics..he looks like a goog one for sureThis was on June 17 I thought it was just a spike at first but looks like he’s got good mass
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Awesome pic Phil...you've have the nxt 8wks to generate your bucks then the pecking order will begin to change the 3 and 4yr olds home range and where they will set up shop for the fall...Good Luck
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In my state it is illegal to feed deer in any way except naturally grown from food plots or planted trees etc. We cannot use mineral licks or anything. It seems lie an overreach but I do credit those policies for no CWD in our state for several years now. We had an incident mid state around the 2003 time frame but nothing since! Thankfully!!!
Much to be learned about CWD, however, it shouldnt be used as a scare tactic by State Agency's to control what could be natural in nature. Minerals have been given to livestock for many years without CWD ever becoming a issue. Deer are brose animals and eat more than a variety of plants natural and domestic. If I had to point my finger at its cause it might be pointed at chemicals they tell us are safe but we know they are harmful...lets start there first
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