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Kansas Bow hunt for one buck and one doe.

Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:24 pm
Posted by Bleeding purple
Athens, Texas
Member since Sep 2007
25315 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:24 pm
Hunting what is supposed to be a 50 acre tract of hardwoods which is not normally hunted between two crop fields this fall.

The owner has suggested hunting the rut but I wanted to get the advice of the OB when would you hunt?

I do not want to bow hunt during any firearm season so that limits me to one of the two following blocks.

Oct 13-Dec 2
Dec 15- Dec 31

I also have the abliity to hunt Fall Turkey and the season is concominent with the dates I will be there for whitetail.

The rut in the Topeka, KS area is typically Nov 5-20 or so I am told.

So bow hunt pre rut?
during rut?
post rut?


does time of year matter on turkey? I can use archery or shotgun for them.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97771 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:28 pm to
I hunt the rut if that's what the owner suggested, he probably knows more than any of us.


I'd want nothing to do with sitting in a deer stand in Kansas during that last season
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6860 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:40 pm to
Whenever he says the rut is, that's when you need to hunt. Don't worry about anything else.

quote:

do not want to bow hunt during any firearm season


Why? The pressure up there is ridiculously low on deer. I went up there during the week-long rifle season (we were pheasant and duck hunting) and didn't hear a rifle shot 3 out of the 4 days we were there.
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6512 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

I wanted to get the advice of the OB when would you hunt?


The rut, no question
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 4:12 pm to
What are the ag fields planted in?

I ask because if its something they will be feeding on it sounds like post rut when they are trying to put weight back on may be your best opportunity going in blind

Posted by Anton7
Mandeville
Member since Jul 2012
1135 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 4:47 pm to
quote:

a 50 acre tract of hardwoods which is not normally hunted between two crop fields
this could be where they bed (jackpot if you're careful).... If it isn't and there isn't food left for them to eat it it will be more of a challenge. Your best chance will always be during the rut.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 8/8/14 at 4:52 pm to
early pre rut, more predictable while still on food pattern.
I have shot many bucks with bow.

eta: early pre rut, not late.
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 5:04 pm
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