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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5718674" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Yes it certainly is. It's the most rewarding and also the most frustrating deer hunting you can do. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if it's this way for everybody but I had to basically throw all of my deer hunting knowledge out the window. It simply didn't apply to 5yr+ bucks. Common knowledge is to hunt trails, food sources, pinch points, somewhere they'll get funneled down. Great ideas for deer hunting. Horrible for old bucks. I've almost never seen an old buck on a visible trail other than crossing it. I've rarely seen one in an open or busy feeding area in daylight. They don't seem to get funneled or pinched anywhere because they'll traverse insanely rough terrain to avoid trails, even if it means jumping fences or high stepping over logs & heavy woods debris. Even the rut doesn't help because if he ruts at all he's not looking for girls. They go to him. Everything I've always learned about "deer" behavior turned upside down when I began singling out one specific 5yr+ buck and hunting only him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5718674, member: 20583"] Yes it certainly is. It's the most rewarding and also the most frustrating deer hunting you can do. I'm not sure if it's this way for everybody but I had to basically throw all of my deer hunting knowledge out the window. It simply didn't apply to 5yr+ bucks. Common knowledge is to hunt trails, food sources, pinch points, somewhere they'll get funneled down. Great ideas for deer hunting. Horrible for old bucks. I've almost never seen an old buck on a visible trail other than crossing it. I've rarely seen one in an open or busy feeding area in daylight. They don't seem to get funneled or pinched anywhere because they'll traverse insanely rough terrain to avoid trails, even if it means jumping fences or high stepping over logs & heavy woods debris. Even the rut doesn't help because if he ruts at all he's not looking for girls. They go to him. Everything I've always learned about "deer" behavior turned upside down when I began singling out one specific 5yr+ buck and hunting only him. [/QUOTE]
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