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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5016252" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Working on large hunting clubs, what I often see is a small percentage of the hunters/members killing the large majority of the big/old bucks. Basically, somewhere in the rule of 20% of the hunters killing 80% of the big bucks taken each year. Why is this? I see it over and over. What makes those minority of hunters so much better at connecting on what bucks are available?</p><p></p><p>From what I have witnessed, it is not the hunters who hunt the most. It is the hunters who spend the most effort studying deer behavior all year-round. They run trail-cameras and experiment with camera placement. They pour over maps and create maps of the sign they have found. They spend a huge amount of time and thought into figuring out how deer move across the landscape, and how older bucks often use terrain and habitat differently than does and younger bucks.</p><p></p><p>At it's core, this minority of highly successful hunters are the most observant and the best able to make the connections between what they see and what it means. <u>They innately see the patterns</u>. I firmly believe it is far more a "mental attitude" thing versus an "effort in the stand" thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5016252, member: 17"] Working on large hunting clubs, what I often see is a small percentage of the hunters/members killing the large majority of the big/old bucks. Basically, somewhere in the rule of 20% of the hunters killing 80% of the big bucks taken each year. Why is this? I see it over and over. What makes those minority of hunters so much better at connecting on what bucks are available? From what I have witnessed, it is not the hunters who hunt the most. It is the hunters who spend the most effort studying deer behavior all year-round. They run trail-cameras and experiment with camera placement. They pour over maps and create maps of the sign they have found. They spend a huge amount of time and thought into figuring out how deer move across the landscape, and how older bucks often use terrain and habitat differently than does and younger bucks. At it's core, this minority of highly successful hunters are the most observant and the best able to make the connections between what they see and what it means. [U]They innately see the patterns[/U]. I firmly believe it is far more a "mental attitude" thing versus an "effort in the stand" thing. [/QUOTE]
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