 Scouting
In July & August
Walking a Buck's Rub Route
With the use of a topographical map or aerial photo to show you where the food sources, roads and bottlenecks are, you can make a good guess which way the buck travels and where he will end up. A buck's rub route/trail usually leads from a wooded area (that it uses during the day) to an open food source (where it feeds and looks for does at night). You can usually find the buck's trail out of the bedroom and follow it by the rubs the buck makes as it walks along the trail. If it's possible, and you have access to all the property the buck uses, follow the entire route, from the core area to the food sources and back to the core area again. Once you know the buck's rub route you know where to find him. But, unless you have seen him regularly, not when to see him. When you have found the trails, doe use areas, buck core areas and rub routes, record their location on a map. If you see deer record the time, place, weather conditions, food sources, activity and other factors in a journal, so you know where to find the deer later on. With the information gathered in late summer it takes less time and effort to locate, observe, record and pattern the deer when it comes time to hunt. Hunt safe, hunt ethical and God bless you and yours, T.R. If you are interested in more whitetail hunting tips, or more whitetail biology and behavior, click on Trinity Mountain Outdoor News and T.R.'s Hunting Tips at www.TRMichels.com. If you have questions about whitetails log on to the T.R.'s Tips message board. To find out when the whitetail rut begins, peaks and ends in your area click on Whitetail Rut Dates Chart. This article is an excerpt from the Deer Addict's Manual: Volume 2, Hunting Techniques ($9.95 + $5.00 S&H), by T.R. Michels.
If you are interested in more whitetail hunting tips, or more whitetail biology and behavior, click on Trinity Mountain Outdoor News and T.R.'s Hunting Tips at www.TRMichels.com. If you have questions about whitetails log on to the T.R.'s Tips message board. To find out when the whitetail rut begins, peaks and ends in your area click on Whitetail Rut Dates Chart.
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