September 16, 2012

                                                                                Genesis 1

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Its September  16  7:30  PM, do you know where your BUCK is?

The White tailed deer is a very fascinating creature, it has different phases in life and if fact in every season of the year. A buck is normally born in late May and or June and it normally has one or two brothers and or sisters to grow up with. Unlike we humans it grows up fast and leaves its mother‘s nurturing and watch full eyes at about one year old. In its first fall of life  ( if it lives that long) it will grow its first set of buttons ( button Buck) or antlers  and learn real quick who man is and that its best to stay as far from him as possible especially in the fall.  The white tail buck loses its antlers early spring and shortly thereafter starts growing a new pair. The size and mass of the individual buck’s antlers is dependent many things, its heredity , or gene pool, what is has to eat during the year, and the minerals available to him throughout the year and overall health.

   I have read that if a buck get hurt on its left side during the year , its antlers  on the right side may show some type of irregularity .Same for the opposite side. It takes about three years in most cases for a buck to start sporting some impressive headwear! Ever year after that his antlers will increase in size and mass IF he lives and stays healthy up until about six or seven years old,  then antler growth falls off each successive year he lives.

  After the first year a buck learns, in most cases to rely on the natural gifts our Heavenly Father gave him to survive in the wild! Like humans he has the sense of smell, sight, hearing, taste and touch. I placed the sense of smell first because I believe it’s his most powerful tool in detecting danger.

  I also believe the BIG bucks that have survived two or more hunting seasons develop a sixth sense that enables them to detect the slightest irregularity in their environment.  They can “FEEL” that something is NOT RIGHT!  That makes it even harder to penetrate their defenses in the fall hunting season.

  Big bucks go nocturnal and stay nocturnal for the most part UNTILL love gets in their EYES and when that happens every fall we are given access to a small window of opportunity  to score a mature buck!  As I mentioned earlier a deer changes patterns or habits as the year progress’s through the season’s.

   For the most part the deer's food changes and that changes the “ pattern’s” the deer have for a given day BUT when the White Tail Buck starts losing the velvet that covers his horns it’s a good sign that the RUT is soon to follow! When the days shorten the buck and does start a natural process of procreation the life of a white tail hunter lights up with anticipation of the upcoming rut and all the encounter we will have with the elusive creature.

  As I have said before, watching and outsmarting is more fun than the kill!

As the photo indicates the Bucks are getting ready.. ARE WE GETTING READY?

Send me what you are seeing  as the RUT progresses!

Thanks! and As always I hope your next hunting day will be " Just Right!"