How to find the LONER bucks

[@nockreel1190]

Ground hunting is very rewarding

[@andypennington2098]

I jumped what i assume was a big buck yesterday morning. Followed a trail about 350 yards and it intersected a logging road and at that intersection was a huge scrape that looked like the deer was digging a hole to china, extremely fresh, and had the wind right in my face but as soon as i stepped out on that logging road i heard him jump up about 40 yards directly in front of that scrape and trail on a slight side hill in a pine thicket. I also noticed another scrape just like that one about 20 yards down that logging road. So he was bedded with the wind coming over the top of the hill with direct eye sight on that trail and probably both scrapes. Ive learned a lot from watching yalls podcasts and i feel like i have a better understanding of how the deer navigate the land i hunt which gives me confidence i can actually get a good buck this year. Ive found more than 2 dozen historical scrapes from one end of the propery to the next over the past couple years and im slowly putting the pieces together thanks to yall.

[@benbearkiller]

My wife would kill me if I went out checking trail cameras every week during the summer 😂😂

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Most can relate with you lol

[@davidthompson1529]

Do what I did...got my wife a boyfriend. She let's me hunt and scout as much as I want. We're both happier! 😁

[@benbearkiller]

@@davidthompson1529 😂😭👍🏻💯

[@curtismerriman9956]

I used to climb 50 feet measured with a rope and for sure seen more deer than ever but couldn’t hit anything from that height.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Yeah its a tough shoot angle no doubt!

[@gordonneverdies]

I think 27-30 is the sweet spot. Of course there are situations where lower is the only option but at that height I rarely get spotted. It helps buck fever too. I think a lot of the nervousness comes from fear of being picked.

[@Branden1287]

LETS GOOOO!!!!!!!! 🦌

[@jonah-n8l]

Letsss gooo!!!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Yes Sir!

[@michigangrownoutdoors7254]

Man, I don’t get why NO ONE is talking about how much they excluded fields in their study. I don’t care if it’s night time field bedding, put it in there. I get it’s hard to dictate feeding vs bedding but we all know, deep will bed in food plots fields or what have you. Or even edges. And I feel like THAT would be far more beneficial to far more people than anything else. Not only that but how many bedding areas are observing hunting pressure access? Was that bedding left alone all year until the pressure turned on? That the times they visit those fields in daylight… how much time they spend out in the open.. what’s the predictability of it? What’s the best time of year to plan for that? My assumption would be late season as the deer have been bread and now it’s strictly winter survival and recovery from the rut. But I think there’s a huge benefit to learning when these deer are in the food plots as I feel that’s majority of what people hunt… what gets them in the fields? That information would be killer. This whole bed debate stuff…. They’re disregarding field bedding so what’s the point?!

[@BlakeC552]

If it’s a feed plot or feeding field the deer are almost never going to bed in it during daylight. So how is that beneficial to a hunter? It’s all so situational. If you have a ton of food in the woods they hit food plots and fields less. If you’re the only major food source within a few miles they’re gonna hammer it. Weather dictates it. Wind. It’s so hard to break hunting down to an actual science because there are soooo many variables for ever single scenario.

[@michigangrownoutdoors7254]

@@BlakeC552 not true. I have seen deer bed in crops thp has hunts where they have seen scouted and stalked deer bedded in beans. So this isn’t true. Lol and it’s known deer bed in corn as well

[@BlakeC552]

@@michigangrownoutdoors7254 corn yes. I’ve seen very little ACTUAL bedding in beans. A deer may bed anywhere a few times. They don’t make a big habit out of it. Typically if a deer is bedding in a cornfield they probably don’t have a lot of options anyway. Which again doesn’t make it to relevant to actually huntin em

[@michigangrownoutdoors7254]

@@BlakeC552 I mean… to each their own. But I have seen big bucks in crp bedded down day time. Espiclaly if there is a random pine tree or something.

[@Ferrell-t8y]

Which direction facing thermal hubs have the best movement in Oct. ?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

You still want to focus on the north facing hubs in October especially if you hunt in the south.

[@Ferrell-t8y]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen thx, Y in the S & counting down the days. Looking forward to the "check in" y'all mentioned.

[@JoshMack582]

Mountain bucks hide a lot better than flat country bucks. Mountain deer period are more difficult to hunt. Main disadvantage is wind. You don’t know about wind swirling and thermal hubs until you hunt actual mountains..

[@BlakeC552]

I don’t think they hide any better. I think they have more ability to hide. Deer in big Ag areas have very little areas that fit prime bedding. So you know where they are most likely gonna be.