The Early Season

Deer season is upon us!  I'm going to go over some tips and some of my gameplan for the next few weeks.

• In the early season, deer are usually still in their summer patters.  Therefore: funnels, early season food sources/plots, even well used deer trails, are all good places to start.  If you've managed to pattern a deer, use that knowledge to your advantage.  Is there a deer coming through a funnel at a consistent time?  Be there before it gets there, and you have a good chance of getting it.
• Calling can works well.  Try fawn bleats, doe bleat/grunts, and buck grunts.

As for my gameplan?  Hunt a funnel (in evening) and a couple specific food sources/mineral sites (morning and or evening), and transition to acorns in about a week or so.  I have a video I plan to post on Youtube about my early season experiences as soon as I get it finished!  That's all for now!   

Of Missy and Fawns, Part 3

Hello!  So, last time I posted about Missy, it was mostly about her in the month of November.  But the title is "Of Missy and Fawns."  So I thought I'd do a little of the fawns as well, along with Missy.

Anyway, the season comes on, and I am now pretty well acquainted with the fawns.  I begin to notice that Missy didn't have two doe fawns, but one is a buck.  As you can see here:

Knowing his momma, he should be a nice deer in a couple years.  After the season, if I remember right, we were all inside about 5:30pm and dad notices that three deer are outside in our yard.  Missy and fawns (and possibly another doe, I couldn't tell if it was the buck fawn or another doe with her). Here are a couple pictures my dad took:

And a good old black and white

As time passes, I kept my camera out very little during the spring in the main area Missy was visiting, keeping my main attention on a funnel cam.  But, I wanted to see the new fawns, so I thought I'd put my camera back out there once more:

I'll make an educated guess on who this is :)

Unfortunatley, my camera I have posted at the main mineral site Missy visits only likes to get pictures of me when I check the camera, so I don't have any more pictures at the moment.  My other cam is watching a funnel for me that has some nice bucks passing through it often, and I hope to get one come archery season!