DO BUCKS RETURN

[AZ RANGER]

I still am not over it yet but I missed a really nice buck this year in 31. we found him Sat. morning but could not get a shot. We found him again Sun. morning and missed a perfect shot at 370 yards. We could not find him monday morning, my hope is to find him again in december w/bow if he makes it through the Nov. hunt. My question: do you guys think he will still be roaming the same areas through Dec. or should I give up on that buck, and move on.

[Red Rabbit]

Send me a map with his location when you had the perfect miss, that way I won't waste time hunting where he ain't. I'm sure he blew out to the next mountain range.

 

The buck should stay in his home core range. He might wander a little more than normal when the rut starts. One year, I missed a nice buck, and another guy in camp spotted him the next day about 1/2 mile away, but the buck gave him the slip. I wouldn't give up on your buck.

[azpackhorse]

The young man I was hunting with Monday shot at and missed a real nice W/T around 7 am and it appeared as if that buck was long gone, we watched him run over 3 rolling hills. Later on in the evening the same buck popped up about 30 yds from where we first saw him......he was not so fortunate the 2nd time.

[ScottAdams]

I'll 2nd what Doug says. He'll be in his general area unless he's out chasing the does then he could be a good ways from his hang out area. I would certainly look for him in Dec. Heck most of the time the rut doesn't really get going until January anyway.

 

Scott

[recurveman]

The only bummer part about hunting in January is the rut. It is such a double edged sword. It is great to get them up and moving. I love to get them just a little dumber too. But I believe that they will tend to move a little out of their area to find the women. If there is another buck in the area he might push him out too. Either way the buck will show up eventually in the same area. The fun part is trying to find him all over again.

 

Later,

 

recurveman