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Where do mature bucks go after the rut?
During the post-rut, try to find bedding areas that are close to the whitetail’s feeding areas. Bucks are weary and don’t want to travel too far for food if they can help it. As a result, you’ll often find them bedding in thick cover less than 300 yards of standing field crops or mast sources.
How far do Bucks travel after the rut?
Radio telemetry documents remarkable dispersal of Missouri buck during three weeks in November. Researchers have discovered the longest distance ever recorded by an adult male white-tailed deer—close to 200 miles (300 kilometers) in just over three weeks.
Do Bucks still move after the rut?
After the rut, the deer will move more in the afternoons than in the mornings. I am defining afternoon after 10:00 am. Often, they will move from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. We have observed that in the post-rut, mature bucks move more often between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm than they do at any-other time of the day.
What is the best deer call for after rut?
In other words, the odds are all in your favor.
- Buck grunt tubes.
- Doe bleats/can calls.
- Rattling antlers.
- Fawn bleats.
- Snort wheeze.
Where do bucks go late season?
Bucks seem to frequently bed on ridges and points during the late season. Up there, they can take advantage of their eyes, ears and nose, too. Before morning hunts, climb the hill long before daylight and get to the buck’s bedroom for it does.
How do mature bucks travel?
Mature bucks know where and how to find does during the rut. That’s why you’ll commonly find bucks cruising through doe bedding areas, leeward ridges, field edges, pinch-points, saddles, etc.
How often do deer travel the same path?
In theory, The 7-Day Rule works like as follows. A good buck walks along a certain trail and visits a scrape, and you either see him or get him on trail camera. One year from that date, he should be visiting the same scrape and walking along the same trail.
What do does do after the rut?
Post rut bucks are simply beat down, wore out from fighting, running and breeding. They absolutely must have food, a lot of it, to restore depleted nutrition and survive the winter. So what can you do on your lease to have any chance of killing a good buck or even a doe now? Find the food.
How do you tell if the rut is over?
A sure sign that the rut is about over is when does reunite with their fawns. Breeding typically breaks up doe/fawn units as the incessant buck pressure forces does and fawns apart. Fawns are wandering all over the woods looking for momma. They will be back together as soon as the doe is bred and the buck leaves her.
How do you call in a deer after the rut?
Tell the Story with Your Calling Because the story is much the same as it was back in November. I’m trying to entice a buck with the lure of love. My go-to calls for after the rut are a grunt call, can call and plastic Walmart sack for creating the sound of running/crashing/scraping in the leaves.
Should you grunt after the rut?
Because you don’t want to overcall, here’s a good sequence to use for your post-rut deer calls. When you haven’t seen any deer all day, try making a couple soft doe bleats, and add some short, tending buck grunts to simulate a chasing buck.
Does grunting work late season?
Late season deer calling can be a game changer. Grunts, snorts, bleats and wheezes are all part of a deer’s vocabulary. Laying down a few grunts followed by a snort or two can get a big late season buck’s attention.
How do you harvest late season bucks?
Late Season Food Sources Bucks will be in search of high carbohydrate and high fat food sources such as standing soybeans and corn. In the areas I hunt, corn is king during brutal winter temperatures. I find that deer crave soybeans and corn during cold temps, but corn usually wins out.
Do Bucks travel the same route every day?
However the great thing about mature bucks in general is that although no two are alike, most of them do follow the same travel routes.
Should I call during post rut?
Bucks will probably be bedded close to the food in the post-rut, so you should be within earshot and grab their attention. When a buck is responding and heading your way, put the calls down – calling again could spook him and ruin your chance.