Whitetails
For those of you hunting WT over the next couple of weeks, what tactics will you use? In the past few years I have used mock scrapes for inventory of bucks. The last two years were much better for me, regarding bucks visiting and taking over my scrapes. This year for whatever reason it wasn’t great, even on established mock scrapes. I have also found deer sign to be a bit less, not much for rubs or natural scrapes. Maybe the deer population is a bit lower, not sure. I’m on public land with a pretty healthy predator population. The last week I have rattled in a couple bucks, mid morning. One (24 yards) escaped when my arrow hit a branch, the other was small enough I didn’t try to call in any closer.
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