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Article: Is post-rut the best time to bag a big buck?(Whitetails)
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- Petersen's Bowhunting
- Article date:
- December 1, 2009
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Ask a group of deer hunters when theirpreferred time to hunt is and you'll likely get opinions that are as different as they are strong. Some favor the early season, when bucks are still on regular feeding routines, which makes them easier to pattern. They're also still in bachelor groups, which means where you see one, you'll likely see more. Other hunters prefer the early rut stages, when bucks are starting to patrol rub and scrape lines and their increasing intolerance of other males makes them more susceptible to aggressive calling and raiding. Still others enjoy the unpredictable excitement of peak rut, when mature bucks let their guard down and wander around in the ...
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... ... the South Texas brush country during the peak of the rut. Hunting the rut is one of the most exciting events of the year for deer ... a prime time to bag big bucks. Precisely timing the rut is the major challenge for hunter using tactics such ...
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