Taking Every Change of the Early Season into Account
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Don’t let velvet fool you! While you may have had tabs on that buck, there are many more changes than velvet shedding between summer and the season opener. If you’re not aware of every change you will be left in the dark, once again entering firearms season with a tag in hand. This year take every change of the early season into account while bow hunting.
Depending on the state, your biggest concern may actually be velvet. Catching these bachelors still in velvet on summer patterns is all you need to know if you have the right setup. This will get your tag filled before the changes even take place. But for most bow hunters, the breaking of the bachelor groups and shedding of velvet mark the first of numerous changes that need to be taken into account and considered with your stand placement and hunting strategy.
With shorter photoperiods, the bucks begin to switch gears from summer to fall. Resulting in the biggest change that seems to throw every hunter off…a buck’s home range. The truth is his home range hasn’t changed at all, just his preferences in smaller core areas of it. This drives every hunter to one of three conclusions. One he’s gone nocturnal, two he’s been killed already, or three he has picked up and gone far away. While any and all are possible, chances are he is still close, and all that has changed is the portion of property he is using and his pattern in which he does it.
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