Anyone scouting?
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There is always a plus for being in the woods.
Me and the cur pup went back to south Cherokee today. Trying to decide where I'm going to put my next south Cherokee buck on the wall 
Looking good. Definitely a good location to start.
Iroquois
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Found these last weekend in an area I've never been in. Looks like this years and past years rubs. I hope what is making them is still around.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that takes pictures of runs to keep records. These will be a hot spot for sure.
Went out yesterday to pull sd cards and bring my pop up blind in. Found the deer escape routes with trails criscrossing. Marked some new ambush spots on my ONX map by a new rub line I found. Saw something odd as I neared my popup. Apparently, Ice got caked on the branch and broke off. Dadgum chunk must've weighed 50 lbs. Didn't rip the stand should be able to fix it with some spray adhesive and maybe a small patch. Good thing no one was hunting when that happened.
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The same thing happened to one of our blinds. So much snow it caved in the center, luckily no damage. Invest in center poles. Sportsman Guide $19.00 worth the investment.
Makes sense. Thanks.
Yes sir, was out yesterday on the property to scout and recover the last 2 camera's. Can't believe the rubs I found. Some of them were fresh. That got my interest. Has anyone else seen this? Covered up with sign. Great to be in the deer woods always.
BSK
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In a decent acorn years, yes. I often find some of the biggest rubs aren't made until mid-January. Why? No idea, except perhaps it is female fawns coming into estrus late, and this gathers the attention of every buck in the area. The extra nutrition of a good acorn year allows female fawns to mature fast enough that they are able to enter estrus as fawns, but they do so later than adult does.Yes sir, was out yesterday on the property to scout and recover the last 2 camera's. Can't believe the rubs I found. Some of them were fresh. That got my interest. Has anyone else seen this? Covered up with sign. Great to be in the deer woods always.
DitchPickle88
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See any pigs while you were out and about?
I live 400 yards from the boundary. Bumped this sounder walking in. I couldn't get a shot at them.
DitchPickle88
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Awesome. You'll get him next time. I'm hoping to get a South Cherokee pig next fall when my deer freezer gets full.
That's pretty normal for around here. Most years most bucks don't shed until spring and there are spikes of rut activity the entire time. It's not like full on November rut but there is rubbing, scraping, fighting, & chasing that occurs sporadically. I assume it's probably whenever a fawn doe finally reaches sexual maturity & has her first cycle, which is driven largely by body weight.
Valid points for sure. For me I'm still learning the farm and property. The hurricane here did not help me at all. It's like starting all over. So I'm running trail cameras year round. Maybe it will help.
BSK
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When we had the remnants of a hurricane run north up KY Lake in 2019, with 100+ MPH winds around it's southern end, just about everyone along the lake had their forests devastated. And you are correct. For whatever reason, suddenly having a lot of downed timber on the ground dramatically changed the deer travel patterns, some permanently.Valid points for sure. For me I'm still learning the farm and property. The hurricane here did not help me at all. It's like starting all over. So I'm running trail cameras year round. Maybe it will help.
Yes sir, it did. The normal travel corridors used last year were not being used this year. Did not see the number of deer that we saw our first year during hunting hours.
