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Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours

Posted By: Kevin_M

Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 02:01 AM

He is a regular but has never been seen in daylight.. Frustrating to say the least

Posted By: daniel1381

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 02:04 AM

Very nice deer im having same freaking problem
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 02:04 AM

Nice buck. cheers Have you moved your TC to trails or water sources to see if he is moving earlier on those locations?
Posted By: Kevin_M

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 02:08 AM

Yeah, this guy is all over the property but out of 15 cameras he has been nocturnal on all of them.The SOB must wear a watch because as soon as legal hours are over there he is and hangs out all morning until about an hour before daylight.
Posted By: jshouse

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 04:08 AM

Sounds familiar. ....good luck
Posted By: dogcatcher

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 04:19 AM

Nice one.
Posted By: Stub

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 12:03 PM

Originally Posted By: dogcatcher
Nice one.
rifle
Posted By: Deerhunter61

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 05:43 PM

Hopefully he'll show up and you'll get him. I've always been amazed at how many game pics I start getting of bucks that have been nocturnal all season right up until the last couple of weeks of the season and they start showing up during daylight hours.
Posted By: Navasot

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 05:45 PM

Nice buck
Posted By: sbushee

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 07:04 PM

I like the chain link feeder pin. Hope you get that rascal!
Posted By: stxranchman

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/19/15 07:13 PM

Originally Posted By: Kevin_M
Yeah, this guy is all over the property but out of 15 cameras he has been nocturnal on all of them.The SOB must wear a watch because as soon as legal hours are over there he is and hangs out all morning until about an hour before daylight.

Sounds like he is not living on your hunting property if he is only showing up after dark.
Posted By: Kevin_M

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/20/15 03:09 AM

Originally Posted By: stxranchman
Originally Posted By: Kevin_M
Yeah, this guy is all over the property but out of 15 cameras he has been nocturnal on all of them.The SOB must wear a watch because as soon as legal hours are over there he is and hangs out all morning until about an hour before daylight.

Sounds like he is not living on your hunting property if he is only showing up after dark.


That's what I was thinking as well. We are on a small parcel compared to the properties surrounding us. I am pretty sure that the best I can hope for is that he slips up.
Posted By: NeonDion

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/23/15 05:23 AM

Put some trail cams out (or move existing ones) and see if you can tell what direction he is coming from.
He might be bedded down nearby by, and as you say, he might make a mistake and come out earlier than what he has normally been doing.
(but don't hunt 'on the fenceline')
Keep the wind in mind and Good Luck!
Posted By: tdecker22

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/23/15 02:41 PM

Originally Posted By: Navasot
Nice buck
Posted By: Halfadozen

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/23/15 02:55 PM

We have bucks coming in at dawn and dusk now. Secondary rut. Last week my son shot a doe that had been bred only a few hours before.
Posted By: CaveManRancher

Re: Sure wish this guy would show up during shooting hours - 12/23/15 08:19 PM

Hey Kevin, This has worked for me. If you've been feeding protein put some down early afternoon, then have someone drive you to blind, drop you off and leave. I guide hunts and had a big buck that was doing the same thing. We'd catch him on cam but never could get a shot. These deer are use to traffic and I guess when he heard my truck drive off in the distance instead of hearing my truck coming but never leaving, even though we walk into the blinds........That's what got him.
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