I’ve been sitting here thinking about any new ideas I could try this fall. I’m always up for trying a new idea to see what kind of results it produces. Some of those ideas a guy might not be able to try because of the size of the property and maybe it will spook the deer. Some of these ideas may help another hunter bag his deer.
Anyone going to try something new this year that they haven’t in the past to try to score a nice buck.
I really want to try some hard core rattling this year. We have one property where we have like 17 different bucks on trail camera. I bought a pair of real shed antlers from canada and we have a decoy named Meck that has worked in the past.
I went to college in Stevens Point Wisconsin and have a friend that lives over on the eastern side of Wisconsin. Anyway, he believed that virtually all of the 4.5 and older bucks did not make daylight appearances until around Halloween. I really listened when he talked because He passed on 9 pope and youngs last year because they were 3.5 or younger. The year before his sister who was 16 killed a 150 inch 10 point with her bow at 10 yards. He had like 260 acres in his family next to a marsh and man did they practice quality deer management.
I’m not saying that a 3.5 year old is not a shooter, for me it usually is because of the pressure we have on adjacent properties.
With that said, the first week of bow season is promising for a mature buck and then it becomes difficult until about halloween when the true giants start to move.
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