If you see a buck while scouting, what would u do?

[creativomjh]

Checked a trail cam and replenished a mineral block, and when I walked up, there was an 8 pt about 60 yards away .. I carry on with my normal business and tried not to pay attention to him.

He walked off after a minute or two at a brisk pace, but didn't run like the wind.

Would you keep walking towards a direction away from him and worry about the camera another day? or go about your business like I did?

 

[Boll Weevil]

Keep right on walking steady, don't make direct eye contact, and if he bolts watch which way he goes.

Don't worry about it too bad now...he'll be fine.

 

[DntBrnDPig]

I've always heard that you should go about your business. If you act like your stalking him - he's gonna run and move out if it happens enough.

My Dad used to take me hunting at a place where I had to walk across this huge field that was waste to head high of weeds - great cover for bedding field - it ran the entire width or our property. He told me to stop every 50 yards or so. If a deer was just laying there waiting for you to walk by it would get nervous and jump up when you stopped. Sure enough, I jumped a TON like that.

We only got to hunt that once or twice a year... So we werent afraid of scaring off bucks really.

 

[Super8]

Normally I turn into the Deer whisperer and start a conversation with a low tone in my voice.
Usually I begin with Hey Buddy !
Then I wait a split second for his reaction.
If he continues to look my way and he has a good rack I will then tell him to eat good and make him aware him that I shall return on a certain date with my weapon of choice.
If he happens to be smaller I ask for him to do me a favor and swing by during the season with his older buddies in tow and I promise to let him go another season or two.
Every once in awhile when I have the extra energy I will just take off running towards them, it makes for a lot of added fun when scouting.

 

[redblood]

CHOOT AT EM

 

[cecil30-30]

This time of year??? I just continue on with what im doing.

 

[LIL JOKER]

Normally I turn into the Deer whisperer and start a conversation with a low tone in my voice.
Usually I begin with Hey Buddy !
Then I wait a split second for his reaction.
If he continues to look my way and he has a good rack I will then tell him to eat good and make him aware him that I shall return on a certain date with my weapon of choice.
If he happens to be smaller I ask for him to do me a favor and swing by during the season with his older buddies in tow and I promise to let him go another season or two.
Every once in awhile when I have the extra energy I will just take off running towards them, it makes for a lot of added fun when scouting.

.no wonder u cant kill them u tell them the day u are coming back..duh

 

[Super8]

Normally I turn into the Deer whisperer and start a conversation with a low tone in my voice.
Usually I begin with Hey Buddy !
Then I wait a split second for his reaction.
If he continues to look my way and he has a good rack I will then tell him to eat good and make him aware him that I shall return on a certain date with my weapon of choice.
If he happens to be smaller I ask for him to do me a favor and swing by during the season with his older buddies in tow and I promise to let him go another season or two.
Every once in awhile when I have the extra energy I will just take off running towards them, it makes for a lot of added fun when scouting.

.no wonder u cant kill them u tell them the day u are coming back..duh

Now that I think about it you might be onto something.
It hardly ever goes as planned. Guess I should start giving them misleading information next time.

 

[Beekeeper]

Just continue what I am doing.

 

[Snake]

Don't think it would mater at this time of the game !

 

[bowriter]

I thought it was a trick question. Why would you do anything other than keep on keeping on.

 

[backstraps]

If he was a shooter, then I would have made quick notes of time, location, moon phase, temps, wind direction, and watched where he went after he left me

 

[monsterbuck07]

Last gun season: What would I do....hmmmmmm....probally jump behind a large cedar tree and almost start to cry while snapping pictures with my cellphone of the biggest deer I have seen in the woods. Yea; I am about 100 percent that's what I would do. And sit and watch him mingle with 3 does at forty yards because it was 30 minutes before dark and I decided after my school faculty meeting I would see what the owner got bushhogged with no gun.

Me in the cedars

Here the next day on my camera

 

[nate17]

kinda of a different scenario but...

I had a friend pull a quick scouting trip mid november to hang a new stand and caught a 3.5 yr old 8 point standing in the middle of a scrape and spooked him. Went back a week later climbed a tree and killed him at 2:30 in the afternoon over the same scrape.