Trail Camera Tips for November and the Rut | Trail Cameras Weekly “Week 5”

JEREMY FLINN

10/31/2016

November is the month whitetail hunters live for, but are you seeing everything you need too in order to be successful. Here are some key strategies for using cameras during November!

Things are really starting to pick up for hunters during this first week of November. Bucks are moving in daylight, they are becoming more expansive in their home ranges, they are checking, bumping, and chasing does. This is the first week of November stands to be one of the best times to kill your mature hit-list buck. Trail cameras often go unused during this time with all the action, but with these trail camera tips, you can make the most out of all the upcoming deer movement and the rut!

What you start seeing this week that changes from last week are scrapes are starting to wane off, Right now the first does are coming into estrous, and the majority are soon to follow as peak breeding for each state draws near.

As those first does start coming in and the bucks find those does, they really do not need to concern themselves with mock scrapes or scrapes anymore, and as a result, it calls for a switch in trail camera tactics.  As October gives way into November, you have the need for trail camera tips specific for the pre-rut and rut. What I typically start seeing is increased traffic in the obvious areas does are in. Mainly around bedding areas and food sources, with a lot of foot traffic in transition areas and funnels. Where the does are, you will find the bucks. And that has a lot of truth to it, but you need a mature buck known in the area to really be confident in your hunting spot.

What I like to do during this time is simply change up everything about my trail cameras but really not rely heavily upon the information. You have to think of this time as bucks having no borders for them home range, they end up covering more ground for longer periods of time, which can completely change what you perceived about the bucks. You have to go with solid tactics and trail camera tips, which are placing trail cameras on food sources, by bedding areas being reasonable with human pressure, and of course on funnels!

 

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