How important is it???
03-24-2008, 05:49 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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RE: How important is it???
Duke please elaborate on your thought about staging .
They stage.. yes. But just not the way I read it.. in my opinion.
I could go on for hours on my theories of mature deer staging.. and little of it has to do with a buck staging in an acorn flat 300+ yards from where the buck was bedded on the edge of an AG field just before dark. I don't think so.
They stage in much tighter.. only going 10.. 20... 50 yrds. max from their day time haunts (relative to the time of year). Many times only 5-10 yards from where they got up just before dark.
I think alot of hunters misunderstand the subtle differences between a staging area of a buck and a destination food source.
03-24-2008, 06:30 PM
#15
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RE: How important is it???
ORIGINAL: halfrack VIII
i hunt in area with alot of oaks and corn and when you open them up all that is in their stomachs and 1/2 & 1/2 between them
i hunt in area with alot of oaks and corn and when you open them up all that is in their stomachs and 1/2 & 1/2 between them
03-24-2008, 06:32 PM
#16
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RE: How important is it???
ORIGINAL: dukemichaels
Sorry Va.. I didn't want to steal the thread.
Staging whitetails have just always been a pet peeve for me.
Sorry Va.. I didn't want to steal the thread.
Staging whitetails have just always been a pet peeve for me.
03-24-2008, 06:39 PM
#17
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RE: How important is it???
I apologize for my ignorance, but what does 'staging' mean?
03-24-2008, 06:41 PM
#18
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RE: How important is it???
ORIGINAL: RockinChair
What kind of oaks, is key.
ORIGINAL: halfrack VIII
i hunt in area with alot of oaks and corn and when you open them up all that is in their stomachs and 1/2 & 1/2 between them
i hunt in area with alot of oaks and corn and when you open them up all that is in their stomachs and 1/2 & 1/2 between them
Dan
03-24-2008, 06:56 PM
#19
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RE: How important is it???
ORIGINAL: dukemichaels
It's refering to a whitetail "hanging back" so to speak.. browsing.. rubbing.. making scrapes.. all before entering more open terrain.. (i.e. an agricultural field.)
I apologize for my ignorance, but what does 'staging' mean?
03-24-2008, 08:20 PM
#20
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RE: How important is it???
Duke, I have question for ya. Do you think bucks just buy their time until it is dark most of the year?? Except summer, usually get a peak then, but as soon as Oct gets here it's like they wait.