The rut is just around the corner and bucks are running every where checking out every doe they come in contact with. The firearm deer season is about to open in many Northern states. This is the time set up on the does. If you are a bow hunter this is the golden time of the year. If you have a food plot or a natural or agricultural feeding area, most likely it has does using it every late afternoon. Careful observation of the edges of these areas will find bucks in the adjacent cover. They set up on the trails that lead to the fields usually downwind ready to intercept any doe in esterous. A wise bow hunter will be set up in the same area. If you hunt these areas in the morning you must be set up very early and many hunters do not hunt the areas at this time of day. A dominant buck once spooked will quickly move his observation post to a more secure area.
A hunter must be early to stand and late off of it. The reward is the chance at a buck of the life time. What a great time to be in the bush. It doesn’t get any better.
Jim Kesel, Wildlife Biologist ret. US Fish and Wildlife Service
