Imagine you are a mature buck... You stay up all nite feeding; you are the last one into the field and the first to leve. Your company is constantly changing from groups of bucks to a few does to no one. When these bucks go out on their own, just before the rut, they start to change their paterns almost on a weekly basis. This means that you need to be out researching reguarly. Your presance however can change his paterns defeating the perpose of being out their. Durring the day the bucks will be beaded, they dont care if you say go hunt ducks. I personally have never seen paterns change because of duck hunting, they feel safe and not threatened by you because you arent nessarly presureing them. This not only alowws you to be out there gatering information but this also lets them get used to seeing you and their by feel less startled by you when they actually should be!
This is a tatic used by my grandpa and my dad and now me to make a presance whiout to much presure. Plus duck hunting on a river is prime! the twists and turns alow the tall grass to hide you untill you want to be seen. Also take your field glasses, I know I know, their just ducks; but if you can gain the uper hand and spot conflicting riples you will determin where you need to strike. I used this method this fall with doves to pattern deer for bow season, works like a charm, every time.
Good luck and good hnting.
Sounds like you are sneaky, but it does sound fun.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a pretty good idea. I have never tried this, but I might have to start sometime. I'm usually pretty sucsssful when I hunt so it might be a waste of time. Wouldn't all the shooting birds scare the deer away? You should also work on your spelling! ha
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what "pattern your buck" means. You talk about finding his pattern; is that what you mean?
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