Last chance for whitetail

[RoOkIe86]

Tomorrow is my last chance to fill my general whitetail tag. Iv tried alot of different areas and seen a ton of muleys and a few whitetails but either not in the right area or after legal time. Does anyone have any idea where to find some whitetail. I go back to work on tuesday so monday is my last chance. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Iv tried ghost PLUZ, Waiparous, Fallen Timber, WMU 210, WMU156, Sundre area, Bearberry area. Just not having any luckReplys on here or in PM is great if you prefer.

Thanks for your time/input

[Demonical]

Look in the bush sir.

Like seriously. Walk into the middle of the bush, until you find tons of fresh tracks then sit there.

[Linc]

^^^^^^ that’s great advice….. took me ten years of reading post on here and learning patience…… this year I saw quite a few deer everyday just sitting where I knew deer were close.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Demonical

Look in the bush sir.

Like seriously. Walk into the middle of the bush, until you find tons of fresh tracks then sit there.

This is my plan for the next 2 days.Seeing lots of bucks just not anything old or big enough.Seems to be plenty of young bucks around.

[RoOkIe86]

Originally Posted by buckman

This is my plan for the next 2 days.Seeing lots of bucks just not anything old or big enough.Seems to be plenty of young bucks around.

I havnt even seen any of those

[Demonical]

Patience. Today I sat in the same spot, 08:30-dark.

All kinds of fresh sign, thought I'd see more deer, but at 13:00 a 4x4 buck came out, ended up walked right up to, like 25'.

Too small for me, so he's still out there.

[Demonical]

3 years ago I spent 13 straight days in the same piece of bush, sitting different trails, dawn to dark. Hardly saw a deer... like maybe 2 in those 13 days?

Day 14 I woke up it was freezing rain, also my last day off that I had for hunting. I could very easily have tossed it in due to the crap weather, but I went out again.

And as I walked into the same piece of bush that morning, as the other 13 days, the rain quit, the sun broke out and it was turning into just a great morning.

I was sitting there on my stool, so as not to get over-heated and saw a buck scent trailing, coming my way up through the bush.

And I got that buck.

[Smoky buck]

Go to where you have found scrapes or the most sign where you have seen whitetail. If you have seen scrapes go and sit

It sounds like you are traveling all over instead of focusing on one or two areas. This is going to cause you to expend a ton of effort without a ton of results. This may not salvage this season but for the future locate an area near home that you know holds whitetail. Don’t get caught up on visually seeing deer but instead focus on sign. Most of my pockets I don’t see deer until I am on stand or still hunting super slow

It has been around 15years but I used to take whitetail out of pockets around hunter valley rd. All were taken hunting thick timber in the valleys often on small ridges just off of wet areas. It took effort to figure them out but it became an area I consistently took whitetail when living in Calgary. I also took whitetail out of fallen timber area

No clue how it is now or the regs regarding hunting that area so you would need to look into it

I know from your other posts you are still figuring things out so here is some advice for long term. Pick say two areas that you know hold whitetail and spend a year just learning those areas and no where else. Focus more on sign then sightings and commit to what you feel is your best pockets for the season

You are focusing too much on filling a tag rather then learning your areas and how to hunt them. Building knowledge of your area and deer within it will bring you more results long term if you put in your dues

[Smoky buck]

The reason I know you need to change your focus is because I went through the phase you are now running around all over getting frustrated. Once I focused on learning about the deer I hunt and focused my efforts rather then then running around all over my success went up

When you are looking for places to hunt in the bush don’t think miles think 50yard pockets

[Mb-MBR]

Invest your time in an area where you know there are does, especially in the rut. Let the bucks put on the miles.....

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by Mb-MBR

Invest your time in an area where you know there are does, especially in the rut. Let the bucks put on the miles.....

And don't wait till the last minute either.

Grizz

[RoOkIe86]

Thanks for all the input/advice I appreciate it. I'm sitting an area I have spotted does in recently. Fingers crossed

[Smoky buck]

Originally Posted by RoOkIe86

Thanks for all the input/advice I appreciate it. I'm sitting an area I have spotted does in recently. Fingers crossed

Good luck I hope it comes together for you

If you eat your tag this season just move forward and adjust for next season

[gray7mag]

Originally Posted by RoOkIe86

Thanks for all the input/advice I appreciate it. I'm sitting an area I have spotted does in recently. Fingers crossed

How did it go?

[Dan4570]

Trail cameras tell the whole story all year long. Just because you don't see deer in november, dosent mean they aren't there in September/October. And just because you don't see them in October, dosent mean they're not there in novemeber. The rut will cause many bucks to pack up and look for does. In early season while bow hunting, I look for the bucks. In novemeber, I look for the does. Their wintering to fall to the novemeber rut habitats are ever rotating. Every year changes due to food/cover/weather as well.

I've got dozens of cameras on public land and yes there's the odd time people mess with them, but rare because I usually lock them and few people do legwork to find them.

[obsessed1]

Your running all over the country side trying one spot then another then yet another...slow down and focus on the things that will help you harvest a buck..guarentee there's bucks in every area you've tried evennif you hever saw it.p

You are focusing too much on filling a tag rather then learning your areas and how to hunt them. Building knowledge of your area and deer within it will bring you more results long term if you put in your dues[/QUOTE]

This is the best advice in the thread. Stop focusing on filling avtag and start focusing on the skills needed and learning the area and all the things the wild can teach you about deer, their movement, patterns ect.

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Demonical

3 years ago I spent 13 straight days in the same piece of bush, sitting different trails, dawn to dark. Hardly saw a deer... like maybe 2 in those 13 days?

Day 14 I woke up it was freezing rain, also my last day off that I had for hunting. I could very easily have tossed it in due to the crap weather, but I went out again.

And as I walked into the same piece of bush that morning, as the other 13 days, the rain quit, the sun broke out and it was turning into just a great morning.

I was sitting there on my stool, so as not to get over-heated and saw a buck scent trailing, coming my way up through the bush.

And I got that buck.

I have been there.I hunt a secret spot where I have taken 4 bucks over 150. Some took a week or more of sitting and still hunting.This included calling and rattling. Some days I saw 0 deer,some days I saw a dozen.

[RoOkIe86]

Originally Posted by gray7mag

How did it go?

Tag soup this year

[Smoky buck]

Originally Posted by RoOkIe86

Tag soup this year

It happens now you just need to adjust and put things in your favor for next season

Right now is a great time to get out and scout for next season. Go out looking for scrape lines because they are often in the same area every year