Pine Hill Farm

[Brian662]

Luke, around here if you had summer bucks on camera that have a fall range elsewhere...you can about set your watch to them showing up Nov 8-12 looking for the last hot doe. I would assume the same will happen for you, maybe the dates would be a little later though.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Luke, around here if you had summer bucks on camera that have a fall range elsewhere...you can about set your watch to them showing up Nov 8-12 looking for the last hot doe. I would assume the same will happen for you, maybe the dates would be a little later though.

Thanks for the insight Brian. We never held many summer bucks on our old property so didn’t know what to expect. I had 3 mature bucks and 4-5 young ones here all summer. The big bucks left and couple young young ones and the does moved in. Been missing my boys and hope to see one soon! Been hoping it happens like you say.

 

[Newbie]

I'll second what Brian said. I had the same exact experience the last couple years. Had some nice deer throughout the summer, but once late August hit, velvet came off and acorns started dropping they all but disappeared. I didn't get a single photo of most of those deer for a solid 2months. In the second week of November toward the tail end of rut activity every single one of those deer passed by a camera on my property, many during daylight hours.

I was told this a few years ago but really in the last 2 years was able to observe it at my own place. So far this year it seems to be following trend so far. If I get a few back in the next 2 weeks I will be convinced to completely shift my hunting approach from last weekend Oct/first week of Nov to the second 2 weeks of November.

I was thinking of this last weekend and was reviewing trail cam pics from the past few years and Nov 8-16 seems to be the trend for the best buck on my property here (obviously this will change depending on location). That is definitely a couple weeks after conventional wisdom in my area.

That is a really long winded way to agree with Brian said and I'd keep your hopes up to see a mature buck toward the latter half of the season. It is definitely something to keep in mind over the coming years to see what seems to be the trend on your personal property.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Man what a detailed explanation Newbie! You certainly do pay attention to the details. Thank you.

That really does help keep me encouraged. I was so excited that I had done a great job seeing all the positive feedback with the deer in the switchgrass and food plots and then they disappeared. It hasn’t helped that they’ve been constantly working the fields with equipment around us every week too, there hasn’t been a break as far as peace and quiet goes in a while.

Please guys, keep me informed if you think that’s been the case for you. That can help me apply a strategy going forward as well between hunting and what I think could be more important food wise and cover wise. It kind of seems like maybe it’s a good thing to have them disappear, and come back when there’s less pressure. Granted, they’re on someone else’s property but I know it’s not hunted SUPER heavy. I’ve never been a gun, hunter, but my gut instinct told me to apply for shotgun and muzzleloader tags. Glad I did. If that holds true, gun season here is in two weeks and I can shoot a long ways in this open ground :)