Bohunter33
FNG
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- Jul 29, 2024
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Looking for some advice to help me kill this buck
Couldn’t get it done in the archery, so I’m gearing up to locate him for the rifle and thinking of more secure places he’ll likely move too. The type of country is new to me, where I usually hunt, deer hit the thick cover and drop some elevation as soon as they’re hard horned. This is a pretty open area with bitterbrush, sage, and a few cedar patches but not large swaths. He’s on a hill with 3 or 4 little drainages with the whole thing being about the size of a core area I’d expect a buck to live in, about 1.5 sq miles.
I’m wondering if he’s really going to stay there if or if he’ll make the 1.5-2 mile trek to the larger mountains with deeper canyons and thicker cover. I just don’t have a lot of experience with lower country deer. I think really there would be less pressure where he is than the larger canyons so there’s probably a reason he’s there, just having a hard time convincing myself 100%. Also let me know if you think he hits 30”.
Thanks guys!