whitey techniques

[elkguide]

With out devulging secrect information on your whitetail tactics share your Ideas on the sucsessful harvesting of trophy whiteys. EX. do you stand hunt, do you call, do you tickle horns, bait......etc?., and what's your biggest whitey to date?

[todbartell]

they can be tough to sneak up on, so let them come to you :lol: food sources are a good bet earlier in the year

my best to date is nothing special, a 120 class 4x4

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/13Sept30_05_007.jpg

back in 1995, I was right beside my dad when he shot this 145 class 6x5

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/13Pictures_900.jpg

I missed one two years ago that was a 165 class brute, it haunts me to this day! :sad:

[elkguide]

bolth nice deer Mr. bartell. When I started guiding in the Peace region I learned a few real good tips for getting the "big boys". 1) If you are going to bait........bait early ( early Oct. ) , certain grains work better than others. also by baiting whitetails for a rut hunt remember the bucks are not the ones you want to atract its the does....the bucks will follow. 2) have multiple ways to enter you stand depending on wind. 3) don't shoot the first big buck you see......chances are their is a bigger more patient buck around. 4) don't gut your animal anywhere near your hunting stand or bait site. drag it on a crazy carpet or something to your vehicle and gut it there ( nothing will kill your favorite spot like the smell of guts). 4) always watch in every direction cuase lots of time the bigger bucks will come in exactly where you think they won't. And I've seen many time a big buck start to come to a doe on the bait but stop when He senses something aint right. ( If your watching in all directions from an evelated stand you have a real good chance of catching these brief views that lots of big bucks give but few see.)

I always say that on a properly baited site you should expect to see every other buck before you see the big boy, but if your patient he will come.

[Will]

Well I've had my Best success Hunting Whitetails when I Pretend like I'm actually just out Coyote Hunting.....:rolleyes:

The unsuspecting Bucks will walk right up within Rifle range and Pow ! :lol:

Actually this lil 5x5 was/is my only Whitetail to date !
He Sure was Tastey :twisted:

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[bigwhiteys]

certain grains work better than others.
Yes - the temperature can dictate what the deer will feed on.

also by baiting whitetails for a rut hunt remember the bucks are not the ones you want to atract its the does....
This is key - find high concentrations of does and you are into the bucks.

Don't shoot the first big buck you see......chances are their is a bigger more patient buck around.
Be prepared to go home without a cut tag if you are serious about tagging a big boy. I passed on several legal whiteys this year holding out for the monster I know was there. Back next year.

All of my bucks have been region 7 bucks... They were all taken while still hunting using a pickup truck as a ground blind. Works like a charm and we have several great deer to show for it. Just gotta know where to wait and be prepared to sit all day. When it happens it happens pretty fast!

My best whitetail to date taken in 2005.

http://www.bchuntingblog.com/mypics/2005whiteymount2.JPG

Happy Hunting!
Carl

[RiverOtter]

Gotta agree with waiting for whitetails, patience is the key.
Find a good location with plenty of does and then pass up on all the smaller temptations. Access to low pressure, secluded farm land is also a big advantage.

Biggest to date is a 4x5 that grossed just shy of 150 and netted low 140's.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/RiverOtter_2006/White%20Tails/2007-03-09_0001.jpg

RO

[sawmill]

I like to drive really fast between Kimberley and Cranbrook at dawn and dusk,that usually produces a whitie on the windshield.Works for elk too,my stepson bagged a nice 6x6 bull last friday night.Cost him a 25,000$ truck though...........

[Will]

I like to drive really fast between Kimberley and Cranbrook at dawn and dusk,that usually produces a whitie on the windshield.Works for elk too,my stepson bagged a nice 6x6 bull last friday night.Cost him a 25,000$ truck though...........
Geezus Murphy.....and alot of Guys whine about the cost of a one dollar Partition :lol:

[scuba]

i've only shot two whitetails both in region 7 and both were basically road hunting into the area we were going to hunt.

[hunter1947]

I have never really just hunted white tail deer ,i all ways shoot them when hunting elk ,if i see a good size one i will take him ,never have had the opportunity to hunt them in the rut ,always to early when elk hunting . hunter 1947.

[elkguide]

I like to drive really fast between Kimberley and Cranbrook at dawn and dusk,that usually produces a whitie on the windshield.Works for elk too,my stepson bagged a nice 6x6 bull last friday night.Cost him a 25,000$ truck though........... to bad about the pickup.....I know what you mean...my folks live out in wycliffe and we own a gas station In kimberley ( used to drive in to town everyday),,,,, had numerous occasions where i could have mowed over whitey bucks.....I think the worst place is from wasa to skookumchuk..

[model88]

Patience,patience,patience. Whether it be still hunting, sitting in a stand or trying some rattlin', patience I believe is key.

I don't even worry about whitetails untill the first week of Nov. We have some proven spots that we hit each year and every year we find some new ones.

Here is a pic of my biggest to date.

[elkmaster]

Depending on the type of area that you like to hunt whitetail in also depends on your method of hunting.
I hunt in higher elevation areas where the whitetail are usally migrating to lower elevations during the rut, in these type of area is hard to pattern a good buck because he is always on the move, a good bet is to find a well used migratory trails that the whitetail and elk are using.
Rattling and calling does work some times in these areas as long as there is a good buck to doe consentration, and setting up your tree stand and ground blind along these trails will be successful.
I have also harvested a number of good whitetail with bow and rifle while walking and stalking on these type of trails.

In the high country this type of hunting is great, I had the chance to harvest the British Columbia P & Y typical record while setting up a ground blind along one of these trails in 1993 as well a dozen other bucks with bow in this manner, if you hunt the high country give it try!

These are a few bucks I have taken on mirgratory trails.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/bow_whitetail.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1846&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=1275&sl=e)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/tony_whitetail.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=3871&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=1275&sl=e)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/bow_dear_2.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1849&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=1275&sl=e)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/bow_deer_3.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4654&size=big&cat=500)

[Fisher-Dude]

Go stand out in the rain just before daylight until you are soaked to the ass. Get back to the truck at 11:30 am, have a sandwich, and start to drive out. Look up through a small opening in the trees on the opposite side of the truck and spot a deer. Drive down the road 100 meters and park, walk back with your gun to where you saw the deer, thinking anything with antlers that big had to be a muley (mulies closed 4 days ago). If you are really lucky, that deer will still be standing there, and just before he gets ready to bolt, you realize he is the biggest whitey you have ever seen, and you manage to find a patch of shoulder in your scope and squeeze off a shot. The results are rewarding. 162 gross, 158 7/8 net.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e70/Fisher-Dude/WhitetailMount2.jpg


For all the time I have sat in stands, still hunted, and rattled (can't really say I've ever had a buck come to the rattle), the big guy showed up when I least expected him. I've taken several others, with some in the 130 range, mostly by stillhunting, like the one below.

http://huntshoot.coastangler.com/hunting/attachments/f5/2070-buck.burn-buck1.jpg

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Or..........just take your sheephunting partner into your favorite "secret" whitetail area and let him shoot the first buck that comes his way. Better yet, let him do that two years in a row:roll: .
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SSS

[WoodOx]

Very nice deer fisher and SSS. Maybe your learn this year :P

I cant talk - the whitetail Ive taken look like dwarf relatives of you guys'!