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<blockquote data-quote="Dumbluck" data-source="post: 5273193" data-attributes="member: 22434"><p>BSK one thing I do that has given me a LOT of success over the years hunting particular bucks is watching scrapes. As soon as scrape activity starts I focus nearly all my cameras on scrapes. In the past before cell cameras were invented and I had time I would check them every 2-3 days, now that we have cell technology I place cameras that can send me the data over the scrapes. But what I am always watching is what times the bucks start working the scrapes at the beginning of the scraping cycle; they typically work them late at night at the start of scraping but as soon as they start to shift I start trying to find good days to start hunting them. For example if I have a particular buck that has been working his scrapes at 1-2 am and he suddenly makes a shift and starts showing up at 4-5am I need to be hunting him asap. My rule of thumb is, if he shows up within 2 hours of shooting light either morning or afternoon; I need be on top of him to try and catch him before a doe comes in. He is basically telling me that a doe is about to be in heat within the next 48 hours. I don't pay any attention to the younger bucks because they simply haven't figured it out yet. This observations on deer 4.5 or older. The old bucks know how to conserve energy better and they know what's going on within the deer herd. The scrapes just tell me what's going on by their actions. </p><p></p><p>You might be getting a complete drop off of the young bucks visiting the scrapes because they already think every doe in the woods is in heat and they are running around like a bunch idiots trying to get some action. Those old bucks know better and they visit their scrapes for inventory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumbluck, post: 5273193, member: 22434"] BSK one thing I do that has given me a LOT of success over the years hunting particular bucks is watching scrapes. As soon as scrape activity starts I focus nearly all my cameras on scrapes. In the past before cell cameras were invented and I had time I would check them every 2-3 days, now that we have cell technology I place cameras that can send me the data over the scrapes. But what I am always watching is what times the bucks start working the scrapes at the beginning of the scraping cycle; they typically work them late at night at the start of scraping but as soon as they start to shift I start trying to find good days to start hunting them. For example if I have a particular buck that has been working his scrapes at 1-2 am and he suddenly makes a shift and starts showing up at 4-5am I need to be hunting him asap. My rule of thumb is, if he shows up within 2 hours of shooting light either morning or afternoon; I need be on top of him to try and catch him before a doe comes in. He is basically telling me that a doe is about to be in heat within the next 48 hours. I don't pay any attention to the younger bucks because they simply haven't figured it out yet. This observations on deer 4.5 or older. The old bucks know how to conserve energy better and they know what's going on within the deer herd. The scrapes just tell me what's going on by their actions. You might be getting a complete drop off of the young bucks visiting the scrapes because they already think every doe in the woods is in heat and they are running around like a bunch idiots trying to get some action. Those old bucks know better and they visit their scrapes for inventory. [/QUOTE]
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