I was walking into my stand last night around 3:45pm. I was almost on stand and then I saw him stand up and take off running away. He was bedded about 30 yards above my stand. He isn't a giant but would be my biggest if I killed him. What is my next approach? Should I let the spot cool down for a week? What would you all do?
Walking to stand...Jumped a buck I am after! What to do?
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I was walking into my stand last night around 3:45pm. I was almost on stand and then I saw him stand up and take off running away. He was bedded about 30 yards above my stand. He isn't a giant but would be my biggest if I killed him. What is my next approach? Should I let the spot cool down for a week? What would you all do?
Personally i wouldnt have given it time to cool down, its not like he busted you IN your stand. Then again it depends alot on the property. The first time i was able to hunt this year the buck im after was standing in the driveway when i pulled in, snuck into my stand and had him walk 30 yards behind me in some thick brush just as the sun was coming up
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get in your stand and hunt.
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Hunt
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I did hunt it last night. He did not return. Saw 3 does about an hour after he departed.
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OK, so you jumped him. This means he was somewhere in your travel path to your stand. A little doe urine on the bottom of your boots next trip to the stand may just make it that he "cuts" that scent trail and follows it to your stand. Most deer when jumped will return to their normal routines shortly after it happens, unless they are pushed. I have found the best approach to jumping a deer is to walk straight and with purpose the next night hunting that area with doe urine on my boots. Don't try to "sneak" because this alerts more animals than if you act like you are not "hunting". Good Luck!
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Thanks for all the replies...I might try there tomorrow morning if I take off work.
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he will likely bed there again. your timing is wrong. you need to be slipping past him at 1-1.30 while hes bedded down. i would not rush my entrance at all. 4 steps, stop, look , listen. you dont want to alert this deer. you can get right past him with minimal movement at the right time. good luck. deer are used to a little noise, keep it limited. a fast entrance is not gonna be a quiet 1 at all. its called- still hunting. and is the correct way to enter in the afternoon.
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true that, you may end up having to scout different paths and set up where the water shows signs, he aint gone far, and with any luck, a doe will bring him a long during the rutt. youve still gotta a chance at your current position, just go in at the right time... slowly as you pass his head quarters .
get an attractant of some kind... a big corn pile if the laws permit it in your area. use a big pile. it will last a long while and you wont have to keep tending to it as often. provided no horses are around. even if you hunt else where, the deer will find it, hunt it when you see tracks to it.. leave it be till then. and hunt away from it. and reduce the hunting pressure if you can sense they are on to you. if the corns not getting touched, leave and come back to hunt when the tracks are present. timing , movement, and noise are to be taking very seriously if youre to get this deer. 1 more spook might be too many. often times, 1 time is all it takes, and the seasons over before you know it.
This is true, When your sneaking in they consider it predatory behavior!
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they also consider running.
I watched a show one time where this guy would ride his bicycle and kick up a bedded buck. Then he'd set a stand and wait there. He shot the buck he kicked up 2 hours later while it was coming back to the bed. Now I don't know if it was bs or not. But it always has stuck in my mind.
Last season I went to check on a stand to see if there was any good sign there, as I hadn't hunted it all season. Anyway I had my lab with me and as we walked under the stand he darted into the woods and a couple second later a decent 8 popped out and ran across the path. I called my dog back and went back to the house and grabbed my bow and went back and **** him an hour and a half later.
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the rut is right around the corner. he may be gone in a short time. you need to hunt him now since you know he is there. you need to get into your stand well before sun up tomorrow as it's still a fresh sit since he didn't return to it today. the buck may return, so be ready. your scent is in there now and there is no telling his tolerance level.
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When I was a teen my dad taught me to freeze in place if a deer was jumped. Most of the time they have no idea what spooked them. Usually(most of the time)they will return within 1 hour. I have shot quite a few when they returned. My dad shot many that returned also.
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