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Do mature bucks frequent feeders #5454831 12/03/14 01:16 AM
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How many muture bucks have you taken that never frequented a feeder / have not been seen on camera. There are several bucks taken each year that seem to come out of now where on our lease. Just curious how common this is.



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Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


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Mine don't! I've seen two mature bucks the past month I haven't seen all year. Both brought in by an estrus drip.


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Originally Posted By: therancher
Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


About the same on mine. During the rut, a doe might bring one in also.


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We might get one or two pics of them at one out of eight cameras on a holiday and that is it. They sure are sneaky.

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Originally Posted By: txshntr
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Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


About the same on mine. During the rut, a doe might bring one in also.


Yep and you better be ready to shoot in that scenario. Mine don't linger long when rutting.


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Sometimes we get a pic of a mature deer. Then he only shows every couple of weeks, sometimes once a month.


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They definitely don't frequent our feeders nearly as often as other deer, but we have them come in every once in a while. Having a feeder in the area helps keep does around which can help out during the rut. So, you may not see a mature buck at your feeder but he may be cruising for does that are around because of your feeder.

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I have 2 shooting lanes from my blind and 1 has a feeder and I hand corn the other!!! Occasionally I'll see a mature buck at the feeder but most prefer the hand corn lane best!!! I hunt the Big Thicket area in SE Texas so cover is not a problem at either location!!!


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Ocassionally will see mature bucks during season at a feeder but not often or with regularity. Have seen some big bucks stand down wind of a feeder for over an hour just watching and smelling the air. Biggest buck I have seen in years came out for some hand spread corn one afternoon a couple years ago. First sighting I had of him since before season and he was within 50 yards of me for over 20 minutes, no tag for him in my pocket though. Was fun watching him eat.

Hunting a small place late season the regulars from summer often start showing up at the feeders, but a lot of the time it is a week or two post season. The big ones pattern us a lot better than we pattern them.


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Originally Posted By: txshntr
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Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


About the same on mine. During the rut, a doe might bring one in also.

Yep. But I will say some of the biggest deer taken on or near my lease are the ones that nobody has TC pics of and have never been seen. The rut really draws in different bucks.

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I've taken just one older buck at a feeder and it was very early in the morning around the start of legal shooting hours during the middle of the week when the lease was quiet.

I had also walked about a half mile to reach my stand, rather than riding the ATV any closer to it.

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This guy was under the feeder at 5:30 P.M. last Saturday, along with a couple of does. All three of them fed and he did not bother either doe.

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Ours don't come in regularly, but do come by and snack on some corn more often post rut.

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I think much of it depends on hunting pressure. When we got our place there was no deer to speak of, only saw 2 does and a 3pt the first year. We fed protein and corn heavy and didn't shoot a deer for 3 seasons and the forth year we had a few 3-4 yo deer hitting feeders regularly. For the next 2-3 years we saw several mature deer with regularity at the feeders. Stepping up doe and buck harvest for the now established and over grown population and now we see few mature deer at the feeders but they show well at random corn piles with cameras on them.


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I think during the rut, you could have many bucks show up from who knows how far. I have seen bucks that look at a feeder like "WTH"? Have a few regulars that hit the feeders and live relatively close, but they will travel too. During the rut cycle (pre, during and post) I think girls monopolize their time and thought, not a feeder other than a passing bite or 2, at least on my smaller property.


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Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


About the same on mine. During the rut, a doe might bring one in also.

Yep. But I will say some of the biggest deer taken on or near my lease are the ones that nobody has TC pics of and have never been seen. The rut really draws in different bucks.

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Originally Posted By: txshntr
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Some do some don't. And it really depends on what time of year on my ranches. I have some mature bucks that you can set your clocks by in October.

But when the rut kicks off you might not see them at a feeder again until feb. And some will show up on the outskirts of a feeder just checking for hot does.


About the same on mine. During the rut, a doe might bring one in also.


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Son and I were talking about this last wknd. All the bucks we have taken since we started using cameras, last six yrs, we did not have a pic of. Had picks of other mature bucks while we were mnot there or at night though. Pretty sneaky critters.


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If a Doe in heat goes there a Buck will. May not have corn on his mind.

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here are some that are almost mature. probably still need a year or two.





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Kyle, you running a nursing home?

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what? these guys are still young in the hoof! LOL

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I think you get maybe 2 screw ups with an old buck before they stay away from an area. a buddy of mine was hunting an old deer for a couple years. the deer finally got into bow range and he bumped the edge of the blind window with the bow. the deer spooked off and never came within 100 yards of that blind again. they don't get big by being stupid.

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During the rut, I only see them come in to the feeder if they are following a doe to the feeder. Or maybe if multiple bucks are following a hot doe, the younger bucks will stop off at the feeder since they can't get near the doe with a bigger buck tending the doe.


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