We’re almost done with the “October Lull,” the term used to describe a few weeks in mid-October when bucks break their summer patterns, but haven’t started rutting yet. During this time, it’s pretty common for the bucks you’ve been watching all summer to seemingly disappear.
But, I’m having the opposite experience with the property I’m hunting in western Illinois next month. In the last few weeks, more bucks are showing up on trail cameras, including a nice 8-point that had gone ghost by mid-summer. Now he’s showing up regularly on a few of the trail cameras placed around the 240-acre …read more