5 most important things to kill a mature buck

Thought it would be interesting to hear opinions on this. Here are mine:

1. Location: you can't kill one if they aren't there. high pressure areas are tough
2. Weather: I'm sure some people will disagree with this one, but imo nothing shuts down mature buck movement like warm temps .
3. Time: the more time you have (during the rut), The better chance you got to stick one.(don't overdo it in one spot though)
4. Strategy: you can drop a guy in the best spot in the midwest and he aint gonna kill a thing if he is beating a trail to that same old deer stand every other day. etc. etc.
5.perseverance: Holding out for a mature buck can be a long road and it's not for everyone.

 

1 and 3 are all you need.

 

1. Location
2. Pressure
3. Time
4. Strategy
5. Weather

of course my opinion is null

 

1. Scent sense. (All encompassing scent free, wind direction..etc)
2. Scouting
3. Stand Location
4. Time (and timing)
5. Shooting ability

 

Agreed, but that's where #2 (Scouting) comes in.

Certainly in late summer is the best time to take inventory, and see if a buck you desire is in the area.

 

I agree with Great8's # 5. I missed a giant last Thursday evening. Miss judged the yardage, and honestly the big sum ***** had me a bit rattled. Sorry to hi jack but I still feel like slamming my pickle in the truck door every time I think of it, which is non stop.

 

Fair...But I'm also not saying that everyone has to go to Wisconsin and Iowa. Maybe your tract of land doesn't hold the type buck you're after, but within 5-10 miles is a buck that will fit your desires.

I think you said you saw your biggest to date today, on land you don't have permission on, next year, I bet you knock on that door??

 

Wow...........what a (truth edited out) thing to say.


Sorry your life sucks so bad.

 

I'm sure it does.

 

1. They have to live where you hunt
2. You can't be sloppy (over hunting, bad tactics)
3. They have to live where you hunt
4. You have to pick the right tree
5. You can't mess up at the moment of truth

 

can't argue with this one.

 

I agree with this but would replace #4 with Knowlege of whitetail behavior, specifically, knowlege of the deer on your land. I would then base my strategies on this knowlege.

 

I agree, you did a better job of saying what I was thinking.

 

Sometimes, like today, just plain LUCK!

Insert 'consistantly' in there, and you have a whole different ball game.

 

1. you have to have big bucks in your area to begin with.
2-5. LUCK

 

1- Land/Pressure
2-Time
3-Knowledge of deer in area
4-Archery skills (duh)

 

In no particular order...

1. Location---If a buck that you desire is not using your land, then you aren't going to kill him.

2. Time---You have to be there to kill him, and if you don't then you have to force yourself to keep hitting it hard. You can't give up just because you aren't seeing the kind of bucks that you are after.

3. Prior Knowledge---I'll wrap scouting up into this too. You scout an area, and you find some nice areas. That's all fine and dandy, but you aren't gaurenteed to kill a great buck out of those spots on every hunt. You have to know why a buck would use that spot, and why they use the land around them for that time of year, and then translate that into success.

4. Scent---You can use all of the scent prevention methods, but I think you need to play the wind with it, including thermals and all that good stuff. I am still learning with this, but my first year into it I have been on more mature bucks than any year prior.

5. Keeping your cool---Shooting tight groups out to 50 yards in your backyard does not translate to making a perfect shot on a stud whitetail at that range. It's important to keep your head clear, and be prepared for the shot at the approaching animal. I'm extremely bad at doing this, as I admit to having the worse case of buck fever from the time I lay eyes on a shooter.