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12-16-2011, 08:01 PM

#11

wetpwdr53

Fork Horn

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Join Date: Nov 2007

Posts: 125

Late season Bowhunt

Thanks for all the good gouge. I think I'm gonna try the thicker cover.

12-18-2011, 10:30 PM

#12

tight360

Typical Buck

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Northern Michigan

Posts: 974

Huh?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fieldmouse

Nope, I will be the decenter in the group. You need to hunt the thickets. It's not easy getting into them quietly. So I reccomend getting into them an hour before shooting light. Big bucks, any bucks for that matter are very skittish by now. There is only one place they feel comfortable and that is in the thickets. They will go there before shooting hours and remain all day until dark. You only need a small shooting lane or 2 in there. The bucks will move around relaxed off and on throughout the day to stretch their legs. Don't do any calling. Just be patient and you'll see what I mean.

Good luck

Does one really want to go into their bedding/safe haven and start hack'n and whack'n shooting lanes? If they go in there before shooting hours and don't come out until dark, when do you go in there to disturb them?

12-19-2011, 09:56 AM

#13

Fieldmouse

Dominant Buck

Join Date: Jan 2004

Posts: 40,214

Quote:

Originally Posted by tight360

No, I never hack shooting lanes. I rely on natural shooting lanes. I just pointed out you only need a few. The take away from that is the thicker you go, the better. Just position yourself in the tree that gives you your choice shots.

01-21-2012, 06:02 PM

#14

Fieldmouse

Dominant Buck

Join Date: Jan 2004

Posts: 40,214

Bump, can we get an update? How did thicker cover workout? It's my favorite place to hunt.

01-22-2012, 02:01 PM

#15

HDMontana

Typical Buck

Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: Montana

Posts: 750

If you do shoot a nice buck late in season, be careful of pulling it out by it's antlers. They tend to fall off easy and now you have a shed.

01-22-2012, 02:48 PM

#16

browtine7

Typical Buck

Join Date: Oct 2010

Posts: 728

Find the remaining food sources and you should find the deer

02-07-2012, 05:25 PM

#17

johnson102109

Spike

Join Date: Jan 2012

Location: Racine, WI

Posts: 2

I shot a buck that will hopefully go around 160" this January in WI by hunting the edge of a thick sanctuary leading to the main food source. I have watched this buck for five years and never saw him during the day. However, I knew a big snow storm was coming so I thought I'd try my luck. Sure enough, his hunger got to him and he went down a trail 20 yards in front of me well before the end of shooting light. I am now convinced you need to hunt where the deer leave the thick stuff to feed, because I have hunted over the food and have never had anything of size come out during shooting light.