Anyboby
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:25 pm
Is anybody getting any good pics this year?
Jcodd the pictures you posted looks like maybe from 3 different locations. I'm just curious but how many acres do you hunt to hold that many bucks of that size?JCodd wrote:
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all the pictures came off the same tree. But I used 2 cameras at slightly different angles. The place I hunt is less than 20 acres and if this year is like all the previous years I’ll be lucky to see any of these deer until late season. During the summer these bucks frequent this spot but by no means do they stay. To the east of me I have around 1000 acres of nothing but hardwoods and deep hollers to contend with and my immediate neighbors don’t hunt. I know others down the creek do hunt but there’s a lot of ground between us that is more or less a sanctuary. It’s tough hunting but the deer have gotten noticeably better thru the last 5 years. Few years ago I sat 50 hours over several days without seeing a deer. Last year I split my time up and had much better success.WG Taxidermist wrote:Jcodd the pictures you posted looks like maybe from 3 different locations. I'm just curious but how many acres do you hunt to hold that many bucks of that size?JCodd wrote:
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JCodd wrote:all the pictures came off the same tree. But I used 2 cameras at slightly different angles. The place I hunt is less than 20 acres and if this year is like all the previous years I’ll be lucky to see any of these deer until late season. During the summer these bucks frequent this spot but by no means do they stay. To the east of me I have around 1000 acres of nothing but hardwoods and deep hollers to contend with and my immediate neighbors don’t hunt. I know others down the creek do hunt but there’s a lot of ground between us that is more or less a sanctuary. It’s tough hunting but the deer have gotten noticeably better thru the last 5 years. Few years ago I sat 50 hours over several days without seeing a deer. Last year I split my time up and had much better success.WG Taxidermist wrote:Jcodd the pictures you posted looks like maybe from 3 different locations. I'm just curious but how many acres do you hunt to hold that many bucks of that size?JCodd wrote:
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That makes sense. That's still a lot of movement for a 20 acre spot. I hunt a 15 acre piece of ground that I've had a lot of success on but it's very speratic. Some years I may see a couple good bucks come through then there are others that I don't see any thing. The problem with my area is just the opposite of yours. The area surrounding it is very over hunted especially with the road hunters. If I'm going to see a good buck it's usually during the rut when something comes cruising by.
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I really feel if this 20 acre spot was in the middle of all that on the east I’d have a prime spot. They have no reason honestly to be on me once acorns hit the ground. But late season once the acorns are gone the food plot really helps out. But that’s also why I hunt the velvet hunt. Not for a velvet buck but it’s my best chance at one of those bucks. Hopefully next season I can make major changes to the food plot to greatly increase the velvet hunt success.WG Taxidermist wrote:JCodd wrote:all the pictures came off the same tree. But I used 2 cameras at slightly different angles. The place I hunt is less than 20 acres and if this year is like all the previous years I’ll be lucky to see any of these deer until late season. During the summer these bucks frequent this spot but by no means do they stay. To the east of me I have around 1000 acres of nothing but hardwoods and deep hollers to contend with and my immediate neighbors don’t hunt. I know others down the creek do hunt but there’s a lot of ground between us that is more or less a sanctuary. It’s tough hunting but the deer have gotten noticeably better thru the last 5 years. Few years ago I sat 50 hours over several days without seeing a deer. Last year I split my time up and had much better success.WG Taxidermist wrote:Jcodd the pictures you posted looks like maybe from 3 different locations. I'm just curious but how many acres do you hunt to hold that many bucks of that size?JCodd wrote:
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That makes sense. That's still a lot of movement for a 20 acre spot. I hunt a 15 acre piece of ground that I've had a lot of success on but it's very speratic. Some years I may see a couple good bucks come through then there are others that I don't see any thing. The problem with my area is just the opposite of yours. The area surrounding it is very over hunted especially with the road hunters. If I'm going to see a good buck it's usually during the rut when something comes cruising by.
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I've never put in a food plot on this spot of ground but I'm trying to find me a disc that I can pull behind my 4 wheeler so I can put one in. I rely heavily on the acorn crop where I'm at.JCodd wrote:I really feel if this 20 acre spot was in the middle of all that on the east I’d have a prime spot. They have no reason honestly to be on me once acorns hit the ground. But late season once the acorns are gone the food plot really helps out. But that’s also why I hunt the velvet hunt. Not for a velvet buck but it’s my best chance at one of those bucks. Hopefully next season I can make major changes to the food plot to greatly increase the velvet hunt success.WG Taxidermist wrote:JCodd wrote:all the pictures came off the same tree. But I used 2 cameras at slightly different angles. The place I hunt is less than 20 acres and if this year is like all the previous years I’ll be lucky to see any of these deer until late season. During the summer these bucks frequent this spot but by no means do they stay. To the east of me I have around 1000 acres of nothing but hardwoods and deep hollers to contend with and my immediate neighbors don’t hunt. I know others down the creek do hunt but there’s a lot of ground between us that is more or less a sanctuary. It’s tough hunting but the deer have gotten noticeably better thru the last 5 years. Few years ago I sat 50 hours over several days without seeing a deer. Last year I split my time up and had much better success.WG Taxidermist wrote:Jcodd the pictures you posted looks like maybe from 3 different locations. I'm just curious but how many acres do you hunt to hold that many bucks of that size?JCodd wrote:
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That makes sense. That's still a lot of movement for a 20 acre spot. I hunt a 15 acre piece of ground that I've had a lot of success on but it's very speratic. Some years I may see a couple good bucks come through then there are others that I don't see any thing. The problem with my area is just the opposite of yours. The area surrounding it is very over hunted especially with the road hunters. If I'm going to see a good buck it's usually during the rut when something comes cruising by.
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JCodd wrote: here’s the layout of the spot. I enter the north side and hunt in the barn during any of the firearm seasons. On the south side is the gate and you can kinda see my bushhogged roads. Food plot is basically from the barn (the long white building) to where the trail goes east. That’s about all I can see as it’s mostly a ridge/point. West side and south side I can’t see. The patch of trees southwest of the barn and east of the road is where I now hunt but next year I plan on moving to the eastern most section
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the north east side once out of the field is basically all bluffs so I lose a lot there. Fairly certain we own all of the holler and back up the other side but it’s pretty well inaccessible or not worth the risk cause they’ll be in the food plot. The road hurts me as well on the west/south side. But other than the food plot it’s a thick mess in the fields. Briars and saplings and Johnson grass all over your head lol. Would love to do a controlled burn but it’s my parents place and I got shut down on that.WG Taxidermist wrote:JCodd wrote: here’s the layout of the spot. I enter the north side and hunt in the barn during any of the firearm seasons. On the south side is the gate and you can kinda see my bushhogged roads. Food plot is basically from the barn (the long white building) to where the trail goes east. That’s about all I can see as it’s mostly a ridge/point. West side and south side I can’t see. The patch of trees southwest of the barn and east of the road is where I now hunt but next year I plan on moving to the eastern most section
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Looks like a good setup! Mine is not hardly one big chunk like that. Mine is more of a horseshoe shape so it's a little tricky how I have to hunt it.