Blacktails in timber

[bricketts]

I appreciate this @roosiebull thank you very much! That could 100% be it, I didn’t even think about that I only have ever hunted this spot after October 20th in years past and killed both bucks in this spot on the last Sunday of October, that could 100% be what is going on


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[roosiebull]

I appreciate this @roosiebull thank you very much! That could 100% be it, I didn’t even think about that I only have ever hunted this spot after October 20th in years past and killed both bucks in this spot on the last Sunday of October, that could 100% be what is going on


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I bet it will change, that’s pretty common in my experience, a lot changes between late and early season for blacktail, between changing food sources and pre rut/rut behavior, and I have noticed that especially true in timber, but I can think of a lot of clear cut scenarios too (we hunted one last night that always has deer in it and we watched a bear feed around was all) all of the places that they bed were still grown up, in a couple weeks you will see obvious deer beds all over and will see deer on any given evening)

 

[bricketts]

This is invaluable experience thank you again very much! This is my second year really trying to pattern and understand blacktail rather than just still hunting areas that I know hold them, and so the absence of deer right now really threw me for a loop. I’m going to hunt the connecting nearby drainages for now and see what those produce until my favorite 5 days of the season arrive