Deer 2026

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I’m starting my deer season a little earlier than normal. Our any weapon season starts October 10 for deer and elk. The woods are usually crazy with people until the B tag elk season ends on the 24th so I generally go duck hunting then. This year I hung a trail camera in a spot devoid of elk and made a mock scrape to see if whitetail bucks would come in to it this early. I normally do this in early November. We have new rules for game cameras and I can’t use the cellular type and I’ve only checked the camera once so far. I got several photos of this young buck. He came in 4 different times the second day the scent dripper was there. You can see the scent dripper above and in front of him in the daylight photo. I’m going to check it again on Saturday. I’m also planning on setting another mock scrape during my A tag elk season which goes from October 25-29 in an area that I’m guessing is currently being elk hunted. I shot two bucks three days apart in that location a few years ago when I was able to get a second tag. I’ll see if I can find a photo of those two bucks.

 

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The two bucks I shot a couple years ago. Both came out following does in an area they like to feed next to heavy bedding cover.

 

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I checked my camera this morning. This guy is still coming around. The only other buck on the camera is a spike. Lots of does in the area so I’m assuming big bucks will be there at some point.

 

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Now that I look closer at the photos that buck is a 3x3 and the other one is a 3x4. So I guess I have a couple little bucks around.

And of course you need at least one photo like this every time you hang a trail camera.