Post by: jstone on January 11, 2022, 03:50:45 PM
Post by: cmiller85 on January 11, 2022, 04:03:04 PM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
My experience is that they come out of their bed moving...
Maybe it's just the bigger bucks, but it seems once they decide to get up for something, unless it's another deer, they're gone.
Post by: mburrows on January 11, 2022, 04:33:16 PM
Hitting the deck and trying to find a good rest for a quick shot is how I’ve rolled in the past. Seems they are just trying to put distance between themselves and the threat when I’ve bumped them have never noticed them running against the wind, etc.
I have definitely noticed that they will often circle back if they aren’t 100% sure what bumped them.
Post by: PastorJoel on January 11, 2022, 04:47:21 PM
Post by: gee_unit360 on January 11, 2022, 04:52:02 PM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
They’re usually hopping or running away instantly when jumped so I try to kneel and get a shot or find a rest to get a shot if possible. I’ve had them circle back around to the same spot or close to the same spot numerous times. So I usually follow then circle back around after I lose their tracks.
Post by: Bullkllr on January 11, 2022, 05:17:21 PM
I’ve had them circle back around to the same spot or close to the same spot numerous times. So I usually follow then circle back around after I lose their tracks.
They call that move the "psaki strategy"
sorry...back to the topic!
Post by: jstone on January 11, 2022, 05:24:01 PM
Post by: Lady Grouse hunter on January 13, 2022, 10:18:17 PM
Post by: dilleytech on January 17, 2022, 06:24:02 PM
Post by: MADMAX on January 17, 2022, 06:26:35 PM
Post by: highcountry_hunter on January 17, 2022, 07:59:39 PM
I wait for the deer to run 60 yards stop and stare at me broadside and shoot them. Mule deer are dumb.
Not sure if joking or serious…
Post by: dilleytech on January 23, 2022, 09:39:37 AM
I wait for the deer to run 60 yards stop and stare at me broadside and shoot them. Mule deer are dumb.
Not sure if joking or serious…
Super serious. No other animal I would rather jump from it’s bed.
Post by: pianoman9701 on January 23, 2022, 10:34:49 AM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
If they circle around, it's a circle the size of the county. Muley bucks don't stop and get curious like whitey bucks.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 23, 2022, 11:34:13 AM
Post by: buckfvr on January 23, 2022, 11:36:42 AM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
If they circle around, it's a circle the size of the county. Muley bucks don't stop and get curious like whitey bucks.
Been awhile since youve hunted whitetail ??
Post by: pd on January 23, 2022, 12:28:00 PM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
If they circle around, it's a circle the size of the county. Muley bucks don't stop and get curious like whitey bucks.
Been awhile since youve hunted whitetail ??
This is a good topic. I live on the westside, and really only hunt blacktail. I have very close to zero experience with whitetail. I am told by my elders (there is a considerable body of WT hunting knowledge, going back close to a century) that WT will "always circle around and come back to the point where they were bumped."
I don't have any way to confirm this theory. Was it true once-upon-a-time, but no longer true? Was it an Old Wive's fiction? Is it still true? I think Pianoman is suggesting something similar.
Post by: buckfvr on January 23, 2022, 02:33:07 PM
Post by: Alchase on January 23, 2022, 06:45:24 PM
What is your strategy for when you jump a mule deer buck out of its bed? Do you face into the wind and look for them? Do they go in the opposite direction of the wind? Do they circle around most of the time?
If they circle around, it's a circle the size of the county. Muley bucks don't stop and get curious like whitey bucks.
Been awhile since youve hunted whitetail ??
My experience hunting only white tail over the last six years here in Oklahoma, is once you bust a white tail buck, they are gone, no Stotting, no trotting. They take off at full speed and don’t stop until the next county.
Mule deer bucks after busting me, I have been able to stop with a whistle or snort where They turn around and give you a quick chance if you are ready. I have also seen muleys stot over a hill, and once out of sight, out of mind, Just go right back to eating. Giving a chance to sneak over the hill and a possible shot.
Having said that, I also watched a 3x4 muley buck bust a hunter a crossed the road from Parigyn Lake, we watched that buck run non-stop over many pastures and lost sight of him on the far side of East Chewach River.
Post by: highcountry_hunter on January 23, 2022, 07:08:56 PM
I wait for the deer to run 60 yards stop and stare at me broadside and shoot them. Mule deer are dumb.
Not sure if joking or serious…
Super serious. No other animal I would rather jump from it’s bed.
Hmm interesting. In my experience the smaller ones like to stop and see what spooked em but the mature ones are ghondi