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Some Useful Pre-rut Trail Camera Tactics
Pre-rut is the last few weeks before the primary rut. In this specific time, the bucks begin to rub or scrape. Moreover, they search for the first cycling as well. It is the best time to tag a trophy for them. This is also called the “chasing phase” when the bucks travel with, tend or chase estrous does. Hunting during the pre-rut can make a major difference. So, let us have a quick look at the useful pre-rut trail camera tactics.
Try to be Transportable
If your premeditated plans are not up to the mark, you must abandon them. Now, bucks are found in places they were not seen before and moving, unlike previous times. This is not bad at all. However, your slow and early thoughts can cause problems to how things are now.
Bucks move more than before because the food is no more the main concern for them. You can move the trail cameras to capture the scrapes, which are used often. Moving the trail camera will let you see the rub lines. These lines are used by the size of a buck that hits your mind. Keep moving your stand to get more views.
Check the Trail Camera Frequently
If you visit the trail cameras sparingly, it will be good for you. A buck’s daylight activity increases with the rise of testosterone level in his body. To watch over its transformational change and know the exact time of the beginning, check it with your trail cameras. You do not need to check it every day. However, it will be better if you increase the frequency of checking them (maybe twice a week).
It will give you an idea of the starting of a buck’s activity and let you decide the most appropriate time of spending a few vacation days. Nevertheless, you must follow some general rules. If you make a mistake, the cost will be high. You can observe them with your camera but do not try to seek attention. Be careful!
You must guess by now that whatever you do, it will leave some impact on the hunting zone. Nevertheless, the negativity or positivity of impact depends on the effort to fly below the whitetail radar. For example, the time of checking with your camera and the odor you are leaving behind will determine the resulting impact.
If you go to check trail cameras right after the first lite or prior to the sunset, it will cause the deer leaving the place. Therefore, it is better to go anytime except these periods if possible. I cannot guarantee you of coming across one or two deer, but it is good to replace SD cards throughout midday hours. Remember that, when you are near to the pre-rut phase, you can see a buck anytime within a day.
Make Your Personal Pre-Rut Hotspots
You can heal the existing rubs and scrapes during the pre-rut phase or just make them your own. Bucks may introduce an “intruder” into the hunting zone where they prefer to visit scrape or rub that they have prepared through the daylight beforehand. Do not place your camera on top of a scrape no matter what the type is. If you move your camera just awhile, it will allow more room for a buck to do his things. Do not worry, as they will not see the camera hanging close.
It will be better to set the camera up because it will allow you to observe the incoming and outgoing trails into the area. In this way, you can determine the route of that buck i.e. if he is coming from or to the direction, they predetermined. It helps to get more signs about his behavior and movement resulting in the right placement of your tree stand.
Never Forget about the Does
Bucks want a hot doe the most in the pre-rut time. Nevertheless, it is easy to forget it during that time as they leave additional evidence of their location than any time of a year. It is a decent tactic to use the evidence and hanging tree stands to watch over the buck’s activities. However, you have to be patient and focus on the bigger picture. A buck will grab a hot hoe anyway irrespective of the place of scraping or rubbing. If you know the area they prefer to bed, travel, and feed, it can lead to a filled tag, especially if the buck can bunk you to this area.
You may take the initiative of including a doe to monitor in your pre-rut trail camera schemes. If you hang your camera on a hot scrape or rub line, it might not be so good. Whatever the fact is, the bucks will ultimately find you. But, you also need to know what the doe is doing in the area. So, utilizing the trailing camera to collect information would be the best option.
Different Options of a Trail Camera
In an ideal world, all cameras would be cellular because you can check their activity right from your comfortable home. You can think of this option seriously if the area is compatible with a cell phone, you should consider it. If not, proceeding in an old-fashioned way would be wiser.
The “no-flash” style cameras are preferable in the time of dealing with mature bucks. If it can be proved that white flash does not spoke deer, I must suggest staying with the no flash option. As most of the “no flash” cameras are cost-effective and gradually becoming a norm, you should not take the chance of spooking the buck of your life.
You can set your camera up a little further back from the trails or elevate them. Both of these settings are good options. Generally, bucks are interested in showing themselves during the daylight.
This indicates that their sense of awareness is heightened than many other creatures. Moreover, their nose and eyes can sense every little change in the environment. So, plan accordingly to observe their motion and changes during the pre-rut period.
Conclusion
The time during the pre-rut is the best to find out the back, which is extremely rare to see throughout the year. So, it is high time you put an arrow or a bullet into him, with the help of a trial camera if possible. In that case, you have to be very careful about the placement of your camera, checking the time and the odor you leave there. Give more importance on these facts and you will reap a good reward after a few weeks hopefully.
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