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Quote from: 7mag. on October 10, 2010, 11:10:49 PMQuote from: bow4elk on October 10, 2010, 11:08:09 PMScott Haugen once told me about a big buck with a unique rack that he saw one day, then saw him again several miles away the very next morning.I've found that once the heat of the rut kicks in, those special few days, all the big buck rules no longer apply."heat of the rut", does it exist or do different does come into heat throughout the month? Opinions?
Quote from: bow4elk on October 10, 2010, 11:08:09 PMScott Haugen once told me about a big buck with a unique rack that he saw one day, then saw him again several miles away the very next morning.I've found that once the heat of the rut kicks in, those special few days, all the big buck rules no longer apply.
Scott Haugen once told me about a big buck with a unique rack that he saw one day, then saw him again several miles away the very next morning.
Just be ready to shoot fast, point blank, as they will often not move until you are right on top of them.
7mag:Quote Just be ready to shoot fast, point blank, as they will often not move until you are right on top of them.Dad watched me walk right past a bedded buck one time as I cut the corner of a clear cut. That wiley buck watched me without moving an ear. Dad glassed him. That buck got up out of the thick once I was nearly a hundred yards away. He did not spook at all and dad said I was less than 20yds from him. I never saw him until I met up with dad at the road edge some 500yds away from his bed and watched him turn into the thick. -Steve
I think of the rut like the 'bell curve'. A few are early...some really late...but the bulk will center around a certain time---length of day, temperature, moon, etc. Some of the fawns (this year's crop) that live under my porch are already gray with buttons and one spike. But last week there was a brand new one--bright white spots. It may keep with the doe until late causing her to go into heat later. There is definitely a timeframe (Halloween +/- 1 week) when the bucks are being 'overworked'. I will see them completely change their habits---running around broad daylight, hanging around people, etc.
THAT is a dandy blacktail. One hell of an archery kill. Was that in Washington?
Question for Bow 4 & others who kill these deer consistently: When I lived in Sitka we, and everyone it seemed, used calls on blacktails. It was very effective. ~Do you think WA b.tails as "vocal" as the Sitka variety?