Learn How Mature Bucks Navigate Terrain - 3 days - New Property
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025
- @HillCountryBucks_FarmLife
In this video, my friend and I are traveling to a new 1,500-acre hill country property we've never hunted. We will demonstrate how we systematically e-scout the area to gather as much information as possible, which ultimately saves us valuable time afield because we can walk right to some of these spots, and if there’s mature buck sign there, we spend about 30-45 minutes scouting it thoroughly and picking out a spot to hunt it. And if the sign isn’t there, we go to the next spot, and so on. After that, we each drive 4.5 hours from our respective homes for boots-on-the-ground scouting. Our mission is straightforward: to identify a few high-potential setups for mature bucks and we’re looking for setups that fit a NNW wind. Finally, we’ll spend a day hunting… before heading back home for work on Monday. So, what insights will we gain during the e-scouting process? What discoveries will we make in the woods? Where will we decide to hunt? What will we see hunting? And would we go there again?
These videos are gold. Tons of great info!
I appreciate the kind words. It's great to know the information is helpful. Let me know if there's a video you would like to see, and if it's in my wheelhouse, I certainly try to accommodate it.
As always, great educational video sir! Always feel like I learn something new with each one. Old dawgs can learn new tricks!!
I appreciate the kind words and I’m always happy to see hunters wanting to continue learning no matter the age. Go Dawgs!
This was an exciting weekend. No mature bucks, but we were able to execute what has been shared over the series. We could have used a few more hunts to make a few tweaks to learn a little more about this section of public.
Well said, buddy.
Would have really liked you to explain your access routes to those spots as well. Very good information, loved the video!
Thank you for the feedback. This property had many hiking trails, both in the bottoms and on most tops. I found that nearly everyone could access every part of it without issue.
Was spot 3 too open for a mature buck or was a few more sits needed?
That's a really good question. It was really open up on the topo hub and in the saddle. Basically, this place had been control-burned recently. I sat in the curve of that big ditch, and it was thicker by far than the tops. Andy actually saw 6 more does in the afternoon spots we hunted. I would definitely hunt spot 3 multiple sits, but on the right days which I have no idea the 'when' I need to be there part. Having only been there once, the sign we found was both generational and heavy big buck sign. I need more data and sits on the spot, though. All that sign was up on top and in the saddle. Andy's spot had sign on top and down near the tops of those drainages. When was the sign made (Oct, Nov?), and was it all at night? And how much pressure does this spot get? Part of me says I let this other guy who owns the trail camera have that spot and hope he gets the buck(s) that laid down all that sign. If spot 3 is left undisturbed, I believe bucks would cross there all during the pre-rut and rut, and it would be a place I would want to be with camera data telling me "when" to be there. Thanks, that was a great question.
@ great answer and keep the videos coming. Very informative. I’ve often wondered that too especially in the mountains where an area might be open, but because of little to no pressure, the Deer feel comfortable in the open. Then again you never know because the buck I shot this year walked across and open cut cornfield at 2 PM lol