Down here in my neck of the woods the fall buck shuffle has begun. A couple weeks after most buck's velvet comes off they start moving around...leaving their summer range and visiting their rut range. Unless the habitat has undergone some dramatic changes like large scale clearcutting they return to the same areas as year b4. Im seeing it happening here right on schedule as always.

This buck spent most of September - January on about 200 acres of my place. I have no clue where he spends the summer, but last night he visited the same scrape location he used last fall. I just happened to already ha e a camera there.

He is a 4.5 year old now. His antlers last year were similar, but he has put on a few more pounds. He is one of the better bucks utilizing my place. But, there won't be much daytime activity until mid-October to early November.

Even got a vapor trail by the moon last night.

Good buck Swamp. I have3 of those Reveals I really like them.

For sure.

If I buy any more cell cameras...they'll be Tactacams. I like their app too.

Ours are still in velvet.

Got more pics of Big8 early this morning. He hung around this particular area longer as I think it may be closer to his preferred daytime area. It's a logged over island down in the river bottom. Rough/thick in there since they logged it a couple years ago. Used to be pretty in there...white oaks, magnolias, swamp chestnuts, huge loblolly pines. Now, stump sprouts and river cane......and the Big 8 pointer...lol