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Late Season Tactics


BigGuyNY
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The main thing is trying to find an area that hasn't seen a lot of hunting pressure, where the deer are moving during daylight hours.  I look for a spot that has a thick bedding area close to a food source (like acorns this year) and set up downwind. Mid day and early afternoon movement seem to be good this year.

 

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Don't forget about finding does, there are always some in estrous, the secondary rut. If you are about to take a doe make darn sure there is nothing in tow. I almost made the mistake of pulling the trigger on a doe on the last day of muzzleloader. finger on the trigger and safety off and about to shoot when I heard crunch, crunch, crunch. i looked over and there was a bruiser. i relocated him to my freezer shortly after.

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With the snow on the ground, I followed deer tracks.  They all led into the thickest nastiest mountain laurel I have ever seen.  I couldn't even walk through it.   I got in about 10 feet, and had to back out.

 

One deer was bedding down in thick laurel, 30 feet off the main road.  I walked by this area 100 times over the years.  Never knew it was a bedding area.

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