2007 Atlanta Buck Pole

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Here's the first buck to grace the pole taken by 13 year old Jason Ferguson. It was a nice 4 point weighing in at 145 pounds. Way to go, Jason !!!

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Here's the 3rd buck on the pole. It was an 8 point weighing in at 155 pounds with a B & C of 122.5. It was taken by David Beiser of South Lyon. Nice shootin' Dave !!

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Buck #4 on the Atlanta Pole was taken by Albert (Roy) Hecht of Lewiston, seen here with his friend, Maggie Jo. Roy's buck was an 8 pointer coming in at 141 pounds. As you can see, they both have smiles on their faces !!

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Andy Terhune of Novi took this nice 8 point weighing 150 pounds. Go Wings !!!

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Buck #6, taken by Cliff Freeland of St. Clair Shores, was an 8 point weighing 165 pounds and measuring 116.875 on the B & C scale. Cliff said the buck was chasing a couple of does and when he went after the third doe, Cliff dropped him like a bad habit !! Cliff has been hunting the area up here since 1958. See you next year, Cliff.

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Tom Agren, from Lewiston, is a very dedicated employee. He set his alarm a couple of hours earlier today, got his rifle, went hunting, shot a 10 point buck weighing 160 pounds (measuring 122 on the B & C), took it to the buck pole, posed for pictures, hung his buck on the pole, changed clothes and still made it to work on time !! If you could bottle your energy and sell it, Tom, you'd be a millionaire in no time !!!

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Has anyone ever found a deer lure that works? I've tried several and haven't found one yet. I've started food plots and they're OK, but so far I found nothing attracts deer better than a plain old bag of carrots. Let me know if you found a deer lure that works.

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Using scents can be tricky. They all have a time and place. Don't worry, I will answer your specific question soon- I want to cover a few things first.

No scent can do it's job properly if you don't use precautions. Use cover scent on your clothing and boots to mask your own scent as you walk through deer territory.
If you don't, the deer will smell you, and unless they are "blinded by the rut", they won't care about how much money you spent or what scent your using to attract them.
Fox urine is a great all around cover scent that can be used in any territory. Pine oil is great if you're hunting near pines, and fresh cedar is best when hunting in cedar.

When you walk out to your stand or blind, pay attention to the wind direction. This is important no matter what scent you are using.

The next paragraph is about doe in heat lure. As a general rule, don't use doe in heat except when the rut is on.

Here's a good way to get the proper idea of your approach to the stand, combined with the plan to spread a "doe in heat" scent during the rut.
When you approach the area, check the wind direction. Let's say for example purposes, the wind is out of the north heading south. Think of the letter "T". Mentally place your stand at the cross section of the T, and make the long extention of the T the direction of the wind. With the wind headed south, your best approach is from the east or west- (always avoiding the areas to the south in this case). When you are a couple hundred yards from your stand, apply some scent to a drag and pull it to the 100 yard point and refresh the scent. Continue walking directly to a point 15 or so yards north of your stand. Pick up your drag and hold it as you walk directly west for a couple hundred yards. Refresh the drag and put it down. Drag it back to your stand- don't forget to refresh at the 100 yard mark. When you get to your stand, bag up the drag. You now have a 400 yard trail of deer lure that leads right to you on the upwind side. Any buck that comes across the trail could follow it directly in front of you.

Another tip for doe in heat usage- trails made during the day smell fresh during the day. Do not disperse scent on your way out of the woods in the evening and do not leave scent pads, drippers, or cotton balls out at night, thinking you'll have an advantage in the morning. You will only teach the bucks that a hot doe comes here after dark. Pack them up in re-sealable plastic bags and put them out the next morning. If you use drippers or scent holders, place them where you can see them while hunting. Sometimes the deer will run right up to them. Don't miss an opportunity!

I'll be back to go over scrape scents soon. To answer Tonk- hands down "Tink's 69" is tried and true. It's one of the least expensive on the market and has the best track record over the years. Some nice bucks have been shot using others, but after 5 years of feedback in the sport shop and many years of using it myself, I am convinced that I will use it for the rest of my hunting years.

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OK, I'm back. Scrape scents are to be used from early October up to the beginning of the rut. (I would switch to doe in heat when the rut starts, including using it on scrapes you or a real buck had previously made.) Put a dab of scrape scent on your boot and just like a deer, clear the grass and leaves under a "licking branch" (a tip of a branch about 4 feet high that will overhang the scrape) by scraping your boot across the ground until you reach dirt. Some scrapes I've seen are as small as six inches wide and a couple feet long, but some are as large as two feet wide and three feet long or larger. Apply the scrape scent to the middle of the scrape and you're all set. Refresh in the morning or early afternoon, but never at night. Scrapes are usually abandoned by mid November.


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