tjgregory
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10/28: I hunted my family’s farm in Walker County for the first time this fall from legal shooting light to 10:15AM. I chose a stand favorable for a south wind that overlooks two food plots and an acorn-dropping white oak on a wood line edge. I saw nine deer in a two hour window, all feeding, and the mix included a spike, a young rack buck, and seven antlerless ranging in age from adult to fawn. I did not want to shoot a deer in warm weather unless a mature buck had stepped out, so the rifle sat untouched.
I found many scrapes and rubs during the past two or three weeks. I also have had two mature bucks on camera moving in daylight during the muzzleloader week, but last Saturday hunted like a typical early season hunt. Based on some limited history, I had hoped for some action on the day of the Hunter’s Moon and that action didn’t materialize. Maybe it was the heat wave. Maybe it was simply early season.
I am going to hunt this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and see what happens in colder weather. I will report what I see. I am trying get the crosshairs on a certain mature buck that has lurked around the farm since 2021. I saw him twice in 2021 and passed both times because I was hunting two other larger bucks. I had him on camera in the summer and fall of ‘22, and he disappeared after mid November last year and I thought someone else had killed him. He showed up again in late September this year and is still hanging around for now. My plan is to get him early in case he plans on finding greener pastures again in mid November. He was moving in the daytime during the muzzleloader. He’s strictly in the dark before and after.![IMG_0913.jpeg IMG_0913.jpeg](http://forum.gon.com/data/attachments/1110/1110148-893a95c7b443967810bad41ee5413d86.jpg)
I found many scrapes and rubs during the past two or three weeks. I also have had two mature bucks on camera moving in daylight during the muzzleloader week, but last Saturday hunted like a typical early season hunt. Based on some limited history, I had hoped for some action on the day of the Hunter’s Moon and that action didn’t materialize. Maybe it was the heat wave. Maybe it was simply early season.
I am going to hunt this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and see what happens in colder weather. I will report what I see. I am trying get the crosshairs on a certain mature buck that has lurked around the farm since 2021. I saw him twice in 2021 and passed both times because I was hunting two other larger bucks. I had him on camera in the summer and fall of ‘22, and he disappeared after mid November last year and I thought someone else had killed him. He showed up again in late September this year and is still hanging around for now. My plan is to get him early in case he plans on finding greener pastures again in mid November. He was moving in the daytime during the muzzleloader. He’s strictly in the dark before and after.
![IMG_0913.jpeg IMG_0913.jpeg](http://forum.gon.com/data/attachments/1110/1110148-893a95c7b443967810bad41ee5413d86.jpg)