I jumped a dandy last night in my usual spot, on my way in to check my trail camera. He was bedded down in the clearcut and suddenly jumped up from about 30 yards. My experience is this is pretty common for the bucks this time of year, not much hunting pressure and the rut is basically over, so they just bed down in clearcuts. My spot is in a walk in area so the deer are not as afraid to be out in the open in the daylight, but I have seen them do the same thing in winston which gets a lot of pressure this time of year, they apparently think they are hidden, and in most cases they are. Use your glass and look over the clearcuts hard, concentrating on the edges and up high where the bucks can look over the area. Think september hunting again only the deer are much harder to see without their summer coats.
