Big Game Hunting > Deer Hunting
Guessing there will be a drop in whitatail archers
OutHouse:
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--- Quote from: OutHouse on April 04, 2025, 02:14:00 PM ---I enjoyed getting pictures of deer by putting out salt and/or bait. However, I've never seen a bruiser whitetail near a bait site. It sounds to me that the CWD excuse is a subterfuge for another agenda. So is bait per se illegal regardless of intent? What if you are baiting solely to get pictures? Is that off the table or only if it is related to hunting?
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then there wasnt a bruiser buck in the vicinity of your sites. I call a bruiser is 160 plus and I couldnt even begin to count all the bucks Ive gotten on cam. Then to multiply that by all my friends who are diehard whitetail guys and I could post hundreds of big buck photos at salt or bait.
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I am not so sure about that as applied to the area I hunt. I cam a quarter mile up the mountain would have really nice bucks, many like the ones you kill, but they don't seem to come down to the bait. :dunno:
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another thing with mature bucks is 200 yards could make all the difference in cam pics or none. People think you just dump something and whamo a huge whitetail just strolls in. In 30 plus years of hunting whitetails and what I call big bucks I have yet to kill or hunt a giant in the same area ever. The rarity of a 160 + buck in this region is hard to find and you gotta cover alot of ground to turn 1 up. I have access to some primo private ground 1k acres. In 10 years with extensive glassing, cams and hunting 1 buck in that time frame woulda grossed around 160 or so and that buck was last year. Every year there is 140-150 buck around,but its that next level that really is a needle in a haystack
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That's really interesting. And it makes sense because one year we found a buck that was really nice and it appeared to us that his core area was actually a thicket in between two other core areas that smaller bucks used. We only found out about him by cutting through his area because we were in a hurry to get back but we would always bypass his area because it was hard to get through. Seeing the size of his bed compared to others was pretty cool too.
hunter399:
--- Quote from: OutHouse on April 11, 2025, 08:36:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: huntnnw on April 09, 2025, 10:11:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: OutHouse on April 09, 2025, 02:33:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: huntnnw on April 07, 2025, 10:15:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: OutHouse on April 04, 2025, 02:14:00 PM ---I enjoyed getting pictures of deer by putting out salt and/or bait. However, I've never seen a bruiser whitetail near a bait site. It sounds to me that the CWD excuse is a subterfuge for another agenda. So is bait per se illegal regardless of intent? What if you are baiting solely to get pictures? Is that off the table or only if it is related to hunting?
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then there wasnt a bruiser buck in the vicinity of your sites. I call a bruiser is 160 plus and I couldnt even begin to count all the bucks Ive gotten on cam. Then to multiply that by all my friends who are diehard whitetail guys and I could post hundreds of big buck photos at salt or bait.
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I am not so sure about that as applied to the area I hunt. I cam a quarter mile up the mountain would have really nice bucks, many like the ones you kill, but they don't seem to come down to the bait. :dunno:
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another thing with mature bucks is 200 yards could make all the difference in cam pics or none. People think you just dump something and whamo a huge whitetail just strolls in. In 30 plus years of hunting whitetails and what I call big bucks I have yet to kill or hunt a giant in the same area ever. The rarity of a 160 + buck in this region is hard to find and you gotta cover alot of ground to turn 1 up. I have access to some primo private ground 1k acres. In 10 years with extensive glassing, cams and hunting 1 buck in that time frame woulda grossed around 160 or so and that buck was last year. Every year there is 140-150 buck around,but its that next level that really is a needle in a haystack
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That's really interesting. And it makes sense because one year we found a buck that was really nice and it appeared to us that his core area was actually a thicket in between two other core areas that smaller bucks used. We only found out about him by cutting through his area because we were in a hurry to get back but we would always bypass his area because it was hard to get through. Seeing the size of his bed compared to others was pretty cool too.
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Camera location,using different attractant for different seasons was always my go to. :dunno:
It makes a difference.
I had many spots,that a big buck would only show up a few times a year for the whole year. So my cam location was definitely not his core area. But the attractant was enough to make him show at least a few times.
Ghost Hunter:
My meadow and alfalfa food plot should be good. Going to start looking for something I can plant in the fall for extra spring growth. And something that might grow amongst the fir trees I'm finishing thinning. Left a few cameras out over the winter. Didn't have any big bucks show last year, and I can't wait to see what I have for predators on camera.
kodiak06:
--- Quote from: Ghost Hunter on April 11, 2025, 01:03:56 PM ---My meadow and alfalfa food plot should be good. Going to start looking for something I can plant in the fall for extra spring growth. And something that might grow amongst the fir trees I'm finishing thinning. Left a few cameras out over the winter. Didn't have any big bucks show last year, and I can't wait to see what I have for predators on camera.
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Growing bedding and browse areas would hold more deer than a plot depending on acreage. That's especially true if it's in an area covered in snow.
hunter399:
--- Quote from: Ghost Hunter on April 11, 2025, 01:03:56 PM ---My meadow and alfalfa food plot should be good. Going to start looking for something I can plant in the fall for extra spring growth. And something that might grow amongst the fir trees I'm finishing thinning. Left a few cameras out over the winter. Didn't have any big bucks show last year, and I can't wait to see what I have for predators on camera.
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Hoping that the food plots thing works for you all.👍🤞
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