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<blockquote data-quote="102" data-source="post: 5885760" data-attributes="member: 1462"><p>REALITY check:</p><p>It took me YEARS to figure this out. I used to hunt specific bucks. I had some success with that but then noticed something that is rather rare in the realm of trying to kill smart, hunter savvy, pressured, larger antlered, "MATURE" bucks, ...they were EXTREMELY better at patterning me than I them.</p><p>Definitely NOT a level playing field. Mostly because they literally smelled me long after I was no longer there. And that just meant they avoided that area, and me. </p><p></p><p>So I switched gears and decided to "level the playing" field a bit. Not much but just enough.</p><p></p><p>I concentrated on DOE BEDDING AREAS. Or feeding areas. These areas are MUCH easier to find, much more prevalent, and WAY less boring.</p><p></p><p>Then I fined tuned things even more and figured the best winds, and terrain features like blow downs or rick that create bottlenecks.</p><p></p><p>And then I figured out and gathered MANY places like this through boots on ground scouting, hunting, observation, and just plain determination over years of note taking in dozens of places spread out over many areas in different doe groups, Counties, and States.</p><p></p><p>I don't really care about buck bedding areas because in my opinion, when you find one, it. is probably not going to be a buck bedding place very long!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="102, post: 5885760, member: 1462"] REALITY check: It took me YEARS to figure this out. I used to hunt specific bucks. I had some success with that but then noticed something that is rather rare in the realm of trying to kill smart, hunter savvy, pressured, larger antlered, "MATURE" bucks, ...they were EXTREMELY better at patterning me than I them. Definitely NOT a level playing field. Mostly because they literally smelled me long after I was no longer there. And that just meant they avoided that area, and me. So I switched gears and decided to "level the playing" field a bit. Not much but just enough. I concentrated on DOE BEDDING AREAS. Or feeding areas. These areas are MUCH easier to find, much more prevalent, and WAY less boring. Then I fined tuned things even more and figured the best winds, and terrain features like blow downs or rick that create bottlenecks. And then I figured out and gathered MANY places like this through boots on ground scouting, hunting, observation, and just plain determination over years of note taking in dozens of places spread out over many areas in different doe groups, Counties, and States. I don't really care about buck bedding areas because in my opinion, when you find one, it. is probably not going to be a buck bedding place very long! [/QUOTE]
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