Three days of muzzle hunting

[Danno]

Well I've been out in several spots both mornings and evenings the last 3 days. Hunted all day for two of the days. I saw deer each time I had been out in the mornings and evenings. Does and fawns, lots of does and fawns, and yearling bucks. The only older buck was a 2 year old I kicked out of the CRP at noon. I'm saving my doe tag so I don't have to process deer when I could be hunting. The question is where are the bucks? I've been told to be patient they will follow, but I haven't been seeing the does in the evenings until it there is barely shooting life left. I've tried some rattling, grunting, even the estrus can. I think it's just running everything away right now. Going back to work today to regroup. Hope you all are having success.

 

[Skully]

Hey Danno, I hunted Sat. morning and Sun. evening with the muzzleloader here in SE Ia. Same results as you, lots of does and yearlings and a few young bucks. Big rubs and scrapes all tore up but the big boys are still nocturnal around here. Hope this weekend is better. Good luck.

 

[pirate_06_00]

We have that problem here in Fl just prior to the rut. I think they are conserving energy prior to that mad dash for the ladies. Then all heck broke loose and saw an average of 2-3 bucks per doe in the woods. It was awesome...