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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5457827" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>You are correct. I believe what most are seeing (or not seeing) when they say bucks have "gone nocturnal" is that the bucks are avoiding areas they normally travel during daylight and only visiting those locations at night. But bucks never become truly nocturnal. Some really good studies done by Miss St with GPS-collared bucks found that once hunting pressure increases, bucks still stay on their feet and cover the same amount of ground every day, but their route become highly convoluted under hunting pressure. What that means is they are taking a very twisted, convoluted route to move across the landscape, staying in think cover instead of just walking the fastest route from Point A to B. And this process happens fast! about 2-3 days after pressure begins.</p><p></p><p>Even if I didn't know what date MZ season opened in a given year, I could easily tell by looking at that year's trail-camera pictures. Locations like food plots and scrapes, as well as open hardwood forest travel routes, will go from primarily daytime activity to virtually all nighttime activity within 48 hours of MZ season opening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5457827, member: 17"] You are correct. I believe what most are seeing (or not seeing) when they say bucks have "gone nocturnal" is that the bucks are avoiding areas they normally travel during daylight and only visiting those locations at night. But bucks never become truly nocturnal. Some really good studies done by Miss St with GPS-collared bucks found that once hunting pressure increases, bucks still stay on their feet and cover the same amount of ground every day, but their route become highly convoluted under hunting pressure. What that means is they are taking a very twisted, convoluted route to move across the landscape, staying in think cover instead of just walking the fastest route from Point A to B. And this process happens fast! about 2-3 days after pressure begins. Even if I didn't know what date MZ season opened in a given year, I could easily tell by looking at that year's trail-camera pictures. Locations like food plots and scrapes, as well as open hardwood forest travel routes, will go from primarily daytime activity to virtually all nighttime activity within 48 hours of MZ season opening. [/QUOTE]
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