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    • Chris Shelton
        November 13, 2009 at 10:34 pm
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        #7332

        I dont know how many of you have seen my video, but that really doesnt matter. The question I am about to pose has to do with it and that is why my title was named acordingly! I was just wondering, those of you who have seen mature bucks, how many times have you seen that deer after the first, if there were other times?

        I have a nack for finding these big bucks in a area where there are very, VERY few of them, but I have not been able to score on one. Not that I really care, I like the challenge involved with chasing them, but I have a saftey net, because I live in a area where the deer population is overpopulated, and that means if I really needed to fill the freezer I could go out and fill my tag with a healthy doe. But if I had the choice, I would rather chase that monster out in western Maryland where there are no hunters along with no deer!! Last year I had encountered a big one, pope and young easy, saw him 4 times. Finally ended in a miss, and he ran up to the top of the mountain to get shot over a corn pile. Crushed me, but anyway, I have this weird feeling that I will not see the buck I filmed two weekends ago again? Any thoughts . . .
        Chris

      • William Warren
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          November 14, 2009 at 5:33 am
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          #61065

          If your buck survives, no doubt he will be all the wiser. Since you may not be able to frequent those hills as regularly you should probably concentrate on learning where buck sign occurs regularly year after year. The more you hunt there the more apparent movement corridors become and the more likely you are to see bucks moving along those corridors. I like to find the food source where there will be alot of general deer sign then I fan out and look for the fainter buck trails that often parrallel the heavy sign. This is where you will find rubs and scrapes which tells you that bucks are using the area. In a nutshell, find the does and the bucks will be nearby.

        • Chris Shelton
            November 14, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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            #61516

            good advice that should help! Thanks Duncan!

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