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<blockquote data-quote="Winchester" data-source="post: 3537130" data-attributes="member: 2142"><p>I personally pay little attn. to where the does are. Hunting the habitat we have here in Mid/East TN I have learned that hunting terrain features pays me much bigger dividends than doe areas do.</p><p>I like to hunt at high % times, such as November when mature bucks will spend the most amount of daylight time on their feet vs any other time of yr. The only thing remotely predictable about a mature buck is how he will use the terrain where he lives to travel. This is the weak link that you can sometimes exploit, as they will use certain features when traveling in search of does during the rut. These features aren't always the most obvious either.</p><p>Another mistake many hunters make when hunting these deer is to put the wind in their face and expect these old deer to be traveling with the wind at their backs, simply doesn't happen very often. Many times you have to deal with a marginal wind and put yourself in position to intercept before they cut your wind.</p><p>Way too much to explain and im not good at explaining things in type anyway. Like stated above many people have their own chinks figured out and use them differently to be successful. Nothing will beat sheer time spent in the woods to figure these things out, and while doing so you MUST pass on even the marginal bucks to ever gain any experience with the truly older/bigger bucks we re talking about!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winchester, post: 3537130, member: 2142"] I personally pay little attn. to where the does are. Hunting the habitat we have here in Mid/East TN I have learned that hunting terrain features pays me much bigger dividends than doe areas do. I like to hunt at high % times, such as November when mature bucks will spend the most amount of daylight time on their feet vs any other time of yr. The only thing remotely predictable about a mature buck is how he will use the terrain where he lives to travel. This is the weak link that you can sometimes exploit, as they will use certain features when traveling in search of does during the rut. These features aren't always the most obvious either. Another mistake many hunters make when hunting these deer is to put the wind in their face and expect these old deer to be traveling with the wind at their backs, simply doesn't happen very often. Many times you have to deal with a marginal wind and put yourself in position to intercept before they cut your wind. Way too much to explain and im not good at explaining things in type anyway. Like stated above many people have their own chinks figured out and use them differently to be successful. Nothing will beat sheer time spent in the woods to figure these things out, and while doing so you MUST pass on even the marginal bucks to ever gain any experience with the truly older/bigger bucks we re talking about! [/QUOTE]
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