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Mid day movement of mature bucks?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5789668" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Just to add something many haven't thought about:</p><p></p><p>Our trail cams are less sensitive, less likely to get pics of what's moving across in front to them, in mid-day vs any other time of day.</p><p></p><p>When I do all day sits, I often see deer walk close enough in front of a cam, that, that cam "should" get his pic. Yet the cam often doesn't. I also see a more random movement pattern during mid-day, such as an older buck doing more scent checking, and his travel can be more influenced by wind than established trails, scrapes, or anything else.</p><p></p><p>At night, no wind, a buck may need to stick his nose in a scrape to determine what other deer has recently visited. Mid-day, he may just walk 40 yds downwind, get no closer, and our trail cams simply fail to get his pic. Yet he was there, moving, mid-day.</p><p></p><p>There is often something magical beginning around mid-morning, when the wind starts picking up a little, just enough to rattle those beech leaves, just right to make rattling beech leaves sound a lot like walking deer. Bedded deer then get up and start walking too. Amazing how often I see this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5789668, member: 1409"] Just to add something many haven't thought about: Our trail cams are less sensitive, less likely to get pics of what's moving across in front to them, in mid-day vs any other time of day. When I do all day sits, I often see deer walk close enough in front of a cam, that, that cam "should" get his pic. Yet the cam often doesn't. I also see a more random movement pattern during mid-day, such as an older buck doing more scent checking, and his travel can be more influenced by wind than established trails, scrapes, or anything else. At night, no wind, a buck may need to stick his nose in a scrape to determine what other deer has recently visited. Mid-day, he may just walk 40 yds downwind, get no closer, and our trail cams simply fail to get his pic. Yet he was there, moving, mid-day. There is often something magical beginning around mid-morning, when the wind starts picking up a little, just enough to rattle those beech leaves, just right to make rattling beech leaves sound a lot like walking deer. Bedded deer then get up and start walking too. Amazing how often I see this. [/QUOTE]
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