This week I retrieved my trail cam at a new location. It's public land that borders private at a fence line. It caught a new buck everyday at this point where they jump the fence.
I plane to hunt it this week or the next from a tree stand. My buddy suggested putting out some apples to keep...
Yeah I was thinking a climber or stake blind, I don't want to leave it out there and want the option to move based on their behavior at the time i'm hunting. I now understand where they are will be is dictated by the time of my hunt. How often have you been able to spot and stalk or still hunt...
I will be hunting with a bow in the Eugene Area. I've read Trophy Blacktails By Scott Haugen & currently reading Mapping Trophy Bucks by Brad Herndon so I've got a base of knowledge to work off of. I'm pretty sure i'm dealing with animal that will stick to a really small area.
That is my plan...
I've never hunted elk or seen it's droppings but that was my first thought. It was roughly 2-3x as large as deer droppings i'm used to seeing. It seems to be eating something different than the rest of the deer based on color as well. Thanks for your input.
I left one on the trail going through the clear cut where there was alot of droppings and the trail split. There was alot of deer droppings but also this, is this deer too?
I'm just starting to really learn to hunt, my first experiences were walking around randomly hoping to get lucky. This is my first year hunting in Oregon and for Blacktail deer. Today I scouted a new location and there was poop everywhere in some specific locations.
First was on some active...
I'm new to blacktail hunting and reading 'Trophy Blacktails'. It mentions migratory and resident deer and bases this behavior on altitude. My question is, what is high altitude in this scenario? What other signs are you looking for to determine what type of population is in the area?