Recently on my drive home from vacation (Hilton Head, 10 hour drive), I had a revelation in the wee morning hours when everyone else was asleep and it was just me and my thoughts.
Around the Athens area I started to feel like I was home, Nelsonville area I got even more comfortable and by Logan I was speeding a little more and roll stoping stop signs. I simply know the areas and started to feel more comfortable with doing stuff I wouldn't do in a strange town or away from home. And it got m to thinking if mature bucks did that?
I've always thought that your best chances of killing a certain mature buck is to know his core area and then to spend as much time in that area......BECAUSE HE WAS THERE THE MOST. And I'm sure thats a fair assessment. I mean a mature buck spends most of his life during legal shooting hours on his belly. And those brief periods when he gets up early you need to be next to his bedroom. But is their more to it?
I came to the conclusion that I bet they do get more careless in their core area. I'm guessing just like me, they get confident in an area and start cutting corners. Going against the wind occasionally and just taking safety for granted. I'm not sure how this revelation will be used to my advantage but just a thought that I wanted to share and get opinions on.
And since you all twisted my arm here is a picture from vacation.
Around the Athens area I started to feel like I was home, Nelsonville area I got even more comfortable and by Logan I was speeding a little more and roll stoping stop signs. I simply know the areas and started to feel more comfortable with doing stuff I wouldn't do in a strange town or away from home. And it got m to thinking if mature bucks did that?
I've always thought that your best chances of killing a certain mature buck is to know his core area and then to spend as much time in that area......BECAUSE HE WAS THERE THE MOST. And I'm sure thats a fair assessment. I mean a mature buck spends most of his life during legal shooting hours on his belly. And those brief periods when he gets up early you need to be next to his bedroom. But is their more to it?
I came to the conclusion that I bet they do get more careless in their core area. I'm guessing just like me, they get confident in an area and start cutting corners. Going against the wind occasionally and just taking safety for granted. I'm not sure how this revelation will be used to my advantage but just a thought that I wanted to share and get opinions on.
And since you all twisted my arm here is a picture from vacation.