Find a Nut – Find a Deer!

Ok, so don’t expect to find any deer around Nancy, but if the nut is an acorn you’re in good shape! That’s what I’m seeing right now, find an oak with a good mast of acorns and get ready! The deer are sort of in that pre-rut funk. They’re sort of in that in-between stage where they’re not chasing, but they’re not in their early season patterns either. This can be a frustrating time of year as you can hunt a stand and see nothing and go back the next evening and see 10, you just never know.

They’re still more interested in filling their belly at this point and my last few hunts have shown that acorns are a food of choice at the moment, at least where I’m at.  Just last night I saw a spike cruise through that was really nosing around. He only decided to stop when he got to a big oak tree and began munching acorns.

Last night I tried doing a little rattling and mixed some snort wheezing with a bit of grunting. I’ve watched bucks many times during this part of the year sort of spar with one another establishing that hierarchy of power. Many times that sparring is mixed with snort wheezing. These aren’t really fights, but are more like watching a couple of young bulls in a pasture sort of push each other around a bit. Keep that in mind when rattling this time of year in that I believe it’s important to keep the rattling light.

Last night I had just done a rattling/snort wheeze set and turned my head only to get busted by what I think was the same spike I had seen 30min earlier. So this tells me that bucks may be responding a bit to this – so it’s not going to hurt to give it a shot next time out.

That’s all I’ve got for today – hopefully I’ll have some pics or some postworthy vid for you soon! Best of luck!!