Bubba has gone nocturnal

[WNY-Hunter]

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Bubba has gone nocturnal since lossing his velvet. A bunch of nice rubs have popped up and my mock scrape is getting visited nightly.

[turkeyfeathers]

It only takes him one mistake to get him on the ground  by being there at that opportunity and right circumstances. Good luck with him, he's a dandy

[growalot]

A little early morning rattling and some grunts and bleats may have him checking out the competition...

[WNY-Hunter]

5 minutes ago, growalot said:

A little early morning rattling and some grunts and bleats may have him checking out the competition...

You don't think Oct 1st will be a little early for that?

[BizCT]

I barely ever get pics of deer around midnight, let alone big bucks.

[growalot]

It all depends...I have been listening to racks clashing out my bedroom window and in the woods on my walks ...pretty often now...It's why I started the scrapes...add a regular doe bleat...not estrus bleat and he may say hey I just got settled in here!!! Come in looking around...Don't forget locator soft grunts...

PS... sometimes it's not when ..but how you do it that can make a difference...put out some dominate buck urine...regular doe pee...Then again....I will be using my decoy early this year...best they see him now before they have had their arses kicked by a real big boy...they will be less hesitant to come check him out...

Edited September 25, 2017 by growalot

[turkeyfeathers]

11 minutes ago, WNY-Hunter said:

You don't think Oct 1st will be a little early for that?

I don't bow hunt but look at all the sparring pics and videos guys are posting on here  Not too early IMO

[Steve D]

1 hour ago, WNY-Hunter said:

Bubba has gone nocturnal

I am right behind him and don't blame him a bit.

 

[First-light]

Can I hunt him? That is a dandy!

[growalot]

I have to tell you the wet hill looks like a jigsaw puzzle and I was able to walk in the swamp clearing limbs and a couple of rose and never sink in...muddy yep but not the normal boot sucking action...woodland plots are looking yellow......I still have a bad headache...even though I packed water in...

[NFA-ADK]

He's a good one!   Good luck with him.  

[sodfather]

Try setting a cam a 100 yards from the direction he has been coming from. He could be staging not to far from bedding waiting for dark fall

[WNY-Hunter]

3 hours ago, sodfather said:

Try setting a cam a 100 yards from the direction he has been coming from. He could be staging not to far from bedding waiting for dark fall

I won't go any closer, his bedding area is about 50 yrds away now lol

[WNY-Hunter]

3 hours ago, growalot said:

I have to tell you the wet hill looks like a jigsaw puzzle and I was able to walk in the swamp clearing limbs and a couple of rose and never sink in...muddy yep but not the normal boot sucking action...woodland plots are looking yellow......I still have a bad headache...even though I packed water in...

Huh?

[growalot]

Are lands are wet evenl and on the hill sides...but with this heat and dry spell that hill side soil is dry and deeply cracked...looking like a jigsaw puzzle.

The swamp..Well normally I'm sink to my calves...today I could easily walk over the swamp grass and not sink...muddy but not sink..In other words... IT'S HOT & DRY.....

[BigVal]

I thought you were talking about that guy on here named bubba lol 

[Nomad]

18 minutes ago, BigVal said:

I thought you were talking about that guy on here named bubba lol 

He's a Justice of the peace and a hunter safety instructor too ......

[Iluvracks1359]

WOW, what a monster!!!!! post pics when you get him!!! hes huge!

[Robhuntandfish]

with that rack he ought to be put in the daylight and cool just from the shade from those antlers!   Hope he gets stupid for you in pre rut/rut time.   

[Lawdwaz]

That ain’t the Bubba I remember.  I’m thinking of the Old Bubba we had around here. He’s MIA.......