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Six
Day Whitetail Hunt
Our whitetail
rut is usually underway by the tenth of November. With whitetails
ranging in elevation from 2,000 feet to 6,000 feet, it is often difficult
to separate the pre-rut from the breeding rut. Often in this area
very large bucks (150+ B&C) abandon their scrape lines to seek out
the does in estrus. Hunts in mid to late November are the most productive
as the bucks respond to rattling, grunts or snort wheeze challenges.
Along with these methods the whitetails are hunted by more conventional
techniques such as watching large feeding areas at dawn and dusk and
the use of tree stands which have been highly productive in recent
years. Slow still hunting in bedding areas is a very effective method
for the largest, wariest whitetail bucks. Shots range from 40 to 100
yards usually, but the potential does exist for a shot as long as
400 yards.
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