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Art Eatman · December 21, 2006, 02:42 PM

I'd put out some corn, sprinkled along any trail to areas open to vision from the stand. Corn plus some chunks of apple in the open areas. If folks think rice is good, fine; add some of that to the mix.

FWIW, in the more souther parts of Texas, it's common for the larger and older bucks to be coming into rut, now. Commonly, it's the younguns and mid-sized bucks that rut before now.

For all that our mule deer season in west Texas is over, it's now through January that BigUn is on the move. The season is deliberately set early because of the overall relatively low population numbers.

Art

December 21, 2006, 02:42 PM	#18
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I'd put out some corn, sprinkled along any trail to areas open to vision from the stand. Corn plus some chunks of apple in the open areas. If folks think rice is good, fine; add some of that to the mix. FWIW, in the more souther parts of Texas, it's common for the larger and older bucks to be coming into rut, now. Commonly, it's the younguns and mid-sized bucks that rut before now. For all that our mule deer season in west Texas is over, it's now through January that BigUn is on the move. The season is deliberately set early because of the overall relatively low population numbers. Art