Hall17
Well-Known Member
I am not a "buck hunter". I hunt and kill deer. Typically the first deer that walks by my stand is getting an arrow, both antlered or not (if legal). I am trying to become more patient and kill more buck. This is going to be hard for me because I love stacking them up each year. However, I've been scouting and today I scouted a new area and close to the road (150 yards) I found some buck sign. Good size rubs (high and fresh), a scrape within them (fresh), trails coming and going into this area, acorns dropping like crazy and large droppings with other doe droppings. Also, found a lot of other deer sign close to that area. I did not look for a bed as I tried to get out of there with min. human contact but regardless I know I buggered it up with my scent. All this sign is right off a large very thick grown up area. I would assume if I did look I would have found his bed up against this thick stuff looking out over the open area towards the road/parking area. He could easily hear/see human activity before it got dangerous and slip into the thick stuff. While I was in there I found a tree to hunt out of, figured I might as well since I'm in here already. My question is this, since I was in there and he'll know I was in there, how long should I wait to go back in? Opener is this Saturday October 2nd but I do have plans to hunt a doe spot first thing in the morning. I was thinking about hitting up this spot next Tuesday evening. Thoughts? Remember, I've killed a bunch of bucks (basically by accident/luck) so I know little about actually targeting them. Morning/evening better?