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Offline Jeremy S

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Blacktails in Thick Brush
« on: October 27, 2010, 07:48:07 AM »
I just want to see how people would go about hunting the situation I've been facing.....
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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2010, 08:08:43 AM »
I voted other,  you need to do some of both.

I would use a quick pointing open sight gun, 336 or 94 style lever gun if you have one.

Still hunting that thick stuff should put you on deer.  You can literally bump them around in the brush all day long and see glimpses of them and they will stay no further than 50 feet away from you all day.  Stick with it and if there is a buck in there you should get a shot at him.  Take a stand for awhile when you get tired of still hunting and hope you get them moving because they can't hear you walking anymore they may come out to see if the coast is clear.

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2010, 08:12:52 AM »
I voted "other"
Find a heavily used trail. Then find the trail the big buck uses. Usually the bucks will use a less used trail a bit off the beaten path, but still parallel to the main trail. Coarse with Rut time its not safe to say they wont be chasing the does and or sniffing the main trails.

Just stay back aways. Dont get too close to the trail your watching.

Bushwhack in the mid day. try to jump a shooter.

Also, trails are usually only used for one direction. Make sure you know which way they are coming.

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2010, 02:35:09 PM »
still hunt off too the side of a big game trail
There's more than one way to skin a cat, but that cat won't like any of them...

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2010, 03:48:32 PM »
I also voted other. I would put up a stand & hunt in that in the early morning & then still hunt in the midday, then stand hunt again at late afternoon. :twocents:

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2010, 06:47:51 PM »
Still hunt with some light calling/rattling during a heavy rain/wind storm.




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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2010, 07:23:06 PM »
a buck will most always travel with the wind on his back. therefore using differant trails to and from feeding and bedding areas, depending on wind direction.

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2010, 07:24:52 PM »
I would get a buddy and one person set up on a good game trail and the other push through the thick brush.

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2010, 07:28:15 PM »
I usually look for Doe and I went for hiking scouting thur Heavy Forest and found 5x5 NICE Ghost Blackie Yesterday in Heavy Rain. I have got pic of him.   ;)  He has Darkest Red and possible 19" wide and Nice Buck! I wish I have tag to shoot. I am saving it till Next year.


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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2010, 07:37:19 PM »
I also voted other. I would put up a stand & hunt in that in the early morning & then still hunt in the midday, then stand hunt again at late afternoon. :twocents:

Yep, stand hunt it. Buy a climbing stand and wait it out. Get some doe estrus and watch it! :twocents: :twocents:

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2010, 09:47:17 PM »
Well this comes up alot with me beacuse I hunt a area with few new cut's and don't use any trail cameras or devices you see on the market. What I do first is look for not just deer trails but rub lines and buck dropings and see how old they are also same with tracks.  what you do is scout an area of about 4 sq miles really not that big. Keep in mind that blacktails in the lowlands only live in a 350 acre area before that rut hit's. mark all this down and use google earth to mark area's of sighn from buck's and make notes on the time you think of how old the sighn is. This comes into play when trying to back track buck's to legal shoting light....




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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2010, 06:56:30 AM »
the thing is with a big mature buck is he will hold and let you walk right by in the thick brush, if you have some left over tarsal gland from another buck from last years hunt."i always cut mine out and put them in the freezer for the year". but if you have them slip into your stand about an hour after shootn light, paying serious attention to the wind, try to hang them a distance that you can see obviously and get up in your stand, just make damn sure that you sit there and pay attension between 10 an 2 that is prime time for the ole gray ghost
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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2010, 05:27:30 PM »
Still hunt em just like Mike450r says to do. Eventually you will let the air out of a VERY nice buck.

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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2010, 05:29:53 PM »
I'm a 20+ year treestand hunter but nothign floats my boat more than still-hunting blacktails.  Make something happen!
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Re: Blacktails in Thick Brush
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2010, 01:00:22 PM »
This year in oregon we ran into this issue. No deer during daylight hours and nice tracks in our tracks the next morning. We had to get agressive. Hunting the stuff you cant see 5 feet. Ther is open pockets in this stuff and its hard to hunt. We end the season with one 3 point( my buddies) and I had a decent buck in my crosshairs but no shoot. Thats how it works most of the time in the thick sh-t.
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