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Actually, this is about the only way we get to see the larger ones. I put up a camera next to a salt lick in June and some time before 9/1, we get several visits from the bigger guys. I checked the camera this past weekend, and the visits were already down 50%. They're starting to switch over to their fall diet and are no longer craving salt.

Here are the highlights from August:

Eye Candy, 2021

The larger bucks tend to roam a lot. Once in a while, we get one that takes up residence in the off-season, but it is rare for them to be hanging around during the rut. When we do see one in November, he's cruising for doe and may make a 12 mile circuit before coming back around.

It’s amazing how the indigenous people ever survived without all the must haves for hunting these days.