What did he end up scoring? Great looking buck!

Remind me, did you mention earlier this season that you no longer hunt that property; landowners kids took it over or something? Beautiful buck, btw.

Landowner is selling. He gave us another season if we agreed to clear out ASAP if it sold.

That's it, knew there was something you had mentioned. What county?

Where I hunt (Deep East Texas, most of the time) we normally see a second flurry of buck activity around the first week of December, as Does that missed being bred come back into estrous. BUT a lot of that activity occurs at night.

Just the same....bucks traveling can be encountered....especially during mid-day and early afternoon. They respond to hunting pressure and aren't exposing themselves during the early to late hours of the day.


Then once again at the end of the season, most noticeably during Muzzleloader season (2 weeks in Jan.) bucks are moving well....seeking out food sources to replenish weight and energy lost during the rut. I've even seen bucks back in groups late season. See some of the best survivors that time of year, in fact.

So I am not too discouraged (at least on my place) if I've not taken a good buck early on (as I have not this season...so far).

Exactly!
And sometimes that secondary rut can actually be better than the 1st rut especially in areas where there are too many does. It forces the bucks to get out and move around to find those 'open' receptive does that didn't get bred the 1st time around.