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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 3355286" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>It seems like we want to give mature bucks artificial intelligence; like they know what we are thinking and circumvent our intentions. They HAVE fined tuned their senses and wariness in addition to limiting their daytime movement. But, they are just a deer who has learned to avoid most hunters with our advertising enhanced tactics and tricks. Often we are defeated before we leave the truck. They don't act like other deer just like a man doesn't act like a boy anymore. What makes them hard to kill is they are limited in number and they avoid stupid mistakes that get younger deer killed. They don't screw around at all. As hunters it is difficult to change the tactics that have allowed us to be successful on younger deer. We want to hunt the places where we see the most deer, the heaviest trails, etc. I avoid open fields because I am sure a mature buck would never be caught in the open. NOT. Whatever you expect a deer to do, often a mature buck will do the opposite. I think this is why the beginner sometimes gets lucky because he hasn't been trained on what he SHOULD do. He just goes into an area, we wouldn't be caught dead in. That may be where a mature buck senses no danger until the 12 year old kills him with a slug gun. If you have the opportunity to watch a mature buck in the woods when he not chasing something, you can learn alot about how they respond to their environment. It's simply amazing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 3355286, member: 10373"] It seems like we want to give mature bucks artificial intelligence; like they know what we are thinking and circumvent our intentions. They HAVE fined tuned their senses and wariness in addition to limiting their daytime movement. But, they are just a deer who has learned to avoid most hunters with our advertising enhanced tactics and tricks. Often we are defeated before we leave the truck. They don't act like other deer just like a man doesn't act like a boy anymore. What makes them hard to kill is they are limited in number and they avoid stupid mistakes that get younger deer killed. They don't screw around at all. As hunters it is difficult to change the tactics that have allowed us to be successful on younger deer. We want to hunt the places where we see the most deer, the heaviest trails, etc. I avoid open fields because I am sure a mature buck would never be caught in the open. NOT. Whatever you expect a deer to do, often a mature buck will do the opposite. I think this is why the beginner sometimes gets lucky because he hasn't been trained on what he SHOULD do. He just goes into an area, we wouldn't be caught dead in. That may be where a mature buck senses no danger until the 12 year old kills him with a slug gun. If you have the opportunity to watch a mature buck in the woods when he not chasing something, you can learn alot about how they respond to their environment. It's simply amazing. [/QUOTE]
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