Where is he coming from and going to so regular with that location with the scrape tree in it?
I've noticed the same trend with most of the BIGGER bucks showing up in late season and I will be adjusting my practices for it next year.
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Let see if I can explain the set up without being able to draw on the picture.
The green field that turns to a narrow trail through the timber heading west is clover. The tilled field in the east portion is beans and Rye.
The stand and camera are located in the group of cedars on the south side of the transition between both fields. If you look close you can see a fence on the north side of the transition. Fence goes into the woods a bit. The timber that comes to a point N of fence is edge feathered with trees piled up to discourage deer travel.
The round part of the clover field is also edge feathered so deer can only enter two spots or walk down the clover strip. It's basically set up so the deer moving from the clover to the beans leisurely stroll right by the camera/stand or they crawl through downed trees and blackberries.
90% of the time they take the leisurely walk.
I don't know how old this pic is but what it doesn't show is on the south side of narrow clover strip in the timber is a large hinge cut area on a south slope. That's where he is sleeping, I'm sure.
At the end of the clover I left it open timber. Summer bedding.
So when his belly growls he is only a short distance from being able to nibble clover then move on to beans passing the camera.
That's where he gets deflated next fall. If he sticks around and my evil scheme works :)
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