It's been a good week ever though I a little short on arrows now. I did'nt hit anything. TUE I missed a buck I call shorty. 3 1/2, 8 point. WED I missed 2 yes 2 different yotes. THUR let a 2 1/2 year old 8 walk. But FRI morning was the awesomest morning I've had sence 92 when 2 small 8's were fighting at 15 yards fro mmy blind and ended up with the one pushing the other into my honeysuckle bind 4 YARDS AWAY.
FRI morning I got settled in my use'll and hour before first light. Was but 10 or 15 mins I heard a buck grunting and rubbing and he rubber another tree before first light. As it got light I could see a buck I call stupit. Because I saw him also most every day in the summer glassing. He was'nt really with a BAC GROUP but every where. I never seen a summer buck do this. They always have a set feeding patteren.
He's a 2 1/2 , 8 I say a 110,115 and in the 40 mins. he was there I had plenty of shots. He made 4 SCRAPES and rubbed 2 more tree's. I can see why hunters hardly ever see mature bucks first. Now he's only 2 1/2 but stood rock still at every sound once for 12 min's. and he consently cheched the wind. Heres a little tip He payed exture atention to a bird that was scolding something a bit later a squrril barking maybe at the same thing same dirrection. He looked for 8 min's. the birds way.
A bird also gave him away by scolding him when he was rubbing a tree. I learned long ago that when bucks exspecially while chaseing does birds love to scold bucks. There in there terrtory. A doe and a fawn came down my trail but saw the buck and circled him he taged a long.
I've been and seen bucks rub trees and make scrapes but never had a buck in the area stay that long.
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