Hunting Rutting Bucks: Secrets for Tagging the Biggest Buck of Your Life!

by John Trout

Overview

Hunting Rutting Bucks is a tremendous resource for hunters hoping to take the biggest buck of their lives. Rather than focus on the much-publicized but short primary rut period, the author divides the mating season into three distinct phases and offers tried-and-true advice specific to each period. Each year the rut is responsible for helping hunters take some of the most mature, large-antlered, wary bucks in the wild. Season after season, these reclusive, almost totally nocturnal trophy-class bucks are vulnerable to hunters who know and understand how to effectively hunt by observing the nuances of all phases of the white-tailed deer's breeding season: the rut.
In this book, John Trout, Jr., shares his best-kept secrets on how to consistently tag out on rut-crazed bucks. He shares countless strategies and tips that cover a wide variety of topics, including:

• A detailed analysis of the pre rut, primary rut, and post rut
• How to read rubs and scrapes, and figure out which ones are active and which ones aren’t
• How to lure bucks into gun or bow range with scents, calls, and rattling antlers
• How to hunt cold fronts and moon phases
• How to set up and hunt tree stands to maximum advantage

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616088507
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	10/09/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Trout, Jr. has been an outdoor writer and photographer since 1984. An award-winning journalist and author, he has written many successful books, including Trailing Whitetails, Hunting Farmland Bucks, Nuisance Animals, and The Complete Book of Wild Turkey Hunting. His articles have appeared in regional and national publications more than nine hundred times. An enthusiastic hunter all his life, he hunts and travels with his wife, Vikki.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements iv

Introduction vi

Section I The Pre-Rut

Chapter 1 Anatomy of the Pre-Rut 3

Chapter 2 Finding the Right Customer 15

Chapter 3 Sizing Them up 25

Chapter 4 Autumn Hotspots 35

Chapter 5 Pay-Off Rubs 45

Chapter 6 Autumn Buck Trails 53

Chapter 7 Luring 'Em in 65

Chapter 8 Keep them Guessing 75

Section II The Primary Rut

Chapter 9 Decoding the Rut 87

Chapter 10 Opening Day vs. Last Day 97

Chapter 11 Cold Fronts and Moon Phases 105

Chapter 12 Hot Scrapes vs. Dead Scrapes 113

Chapter 13 The Rut's Golden Rules 121

Chapter 14 Buck Foolery 129

Chapter 15 Eye-Level Bucks 141

Chapter 16 High-Anxiety Bucks 149

Chapter 17 Tracking a Rutting Buck 157

Section III The Post Rut

Chapter 18 Beating the Odds 167

Chapter 19 Second Rut Madness 175

Chapter 20 Head for the Greens 183

Chapter 21 The Mid-day Advantage 191

Chapter 22 Beat the Post-Season Blues 201

Chapter 23 Next Year's Rut 207

Bibliography 215

Editorial Reviews

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