Buck Trap Basics
How many of you would like to see more big bucks this hunting season?
Setting up your own Buck Trap to make bucks hunt you this season is easy.
How many of you would like to make those big mature bucks hunt for you in your location?
Knowing when and where those big bucks roam in the day time is the vital key.
Big bucks can be pattered if not spooked by wandering hunters or bothered in day light hours.
It doesn’t take a lot of time, if done right actual setup time can be easily less than 20 minutes
Costs can be kept minimal with the right tools.
One of the unique things about a buck trap is you can set it up long before hunting season arrives.
Why does a buck trap work?
Deer deer communicate as a herd species using scent every day.
Deer depend on their sense of smell for defense, mating and survival
Seven of the five glands located on the deer leave a scent for other deer.
Eye, forehead and mouth glands along with metatarsal and hoof glands all contribute to communication network within the herd
Dominate bucks lead the way while the rest of the local herd follow.
A new “dominate buck” in the area will stir the social pot for sure.
Local deer will check out any new deer in the area.
Sort of like a Deer Face Book Page in the forest.
You will require some basic tools to set your own Buck Trap
Tools
Rubber boots
Stick to scrape ground
String to tie branch in place
Deer Attractants and Scent Controlling Spray,
Buck Fever forehead gland for a licking branch
BF Pre/Post Rut used year round
BF Rut just before and during the rut period
BF Scent controlling spray and Vanishing hunter wipes
Bait is not used in Buck Traps as it only lasts a few days before replenishing.
Bait is great to use when your conducting a trail camera deer survey over a two-week period in August.
For game trail deer survey tactics listen to the podcast
To find out more about Buck Fever in Canada
Make Bucks Hunt You at Your BUCK TRAP
Buck Fever Synthetic Deer Attractants never expire or go stale.
They are reactivated with every rain fall or snowfall until used up.
That’s why the work so well in Buck Traps.
Trail Camera Choices
Game trail cameras that transmit photos by cell – enables you to receive a photo to your cell phone or computer a few minutes after a buck photo taken. Very useful when you know the buck is active in daylight hours and at what buck trap location.
Some trail camera manufactures that use a cell signal to transmit a photo
Smart Scouter Black Ops 940
SpyPoint – available this fall
Uway Canada- SG580M
Your secondary choice for trail cameras
Game trail camera that store pictures on a digital card
You must travel to that location and retrieve card contents to view any deer photos.
Often distributing scent in that area or spooking deer when walking into the buck trap.
There are numerous choices of trail cameras when your budget come into play.
Just remember you only get what you pay for in most cases.
Look for a quick trigger time, long battery life and high capacity card.
A black flash is a worthy investment.
Regardless of what camera you buy and use a LOCK BOX and PYTHON CABLE to secure it!
Setting up your BUCK TRAP
Once you have your trail camera ready with a fully charged battery and formatted digital card wipe it down your trail camera with some Buck Fever wipes.
Spray down your hands and rubber boots and clothes with some Buck Fever Vanishing Hunter three-way Scent Controlling Spray. As the name implies controlling human scent to avoid detection is essential.
Next comes the part to lay some boot rubber on the ground to select your buck trap location.
A previous buck scrape or an old rub line is often a good place to start looking.
Try to select an area suitable for your tree stand or ground blind.
Knowing you can sneak into your stand undetected is key.
Put some serious thought into setting your buck trap where your trail leading to your stand site is concerned.
Knowing you have to choose that perfect licking branch location again taking stand consideration location in mind.
We have all seen those licking branches dangling from a branch about five feet above the scrape.
You can take over an existing scrape or create your own depending on tree stand location.
Attach your trail camera about twenty feet away on a tree about three feet from the ground for optimum photo opportunities.
Try to face the camera lens north and avoid east or west unless you like sun flared shots.
The actual licking branch should be about five feet from the ground just above your mock scrape site.
Take a sturdy stick to scrape about a 20 inch circle free of foliage and weeds.
Pour some Buck Fever Pre/Post Rut on the freshly disturbed dirt.
You can use Buck Fever Rut if the rut is about to start or has already started.
Next spray some Buck Fever Forehead Gland on the licking branch, this is what completes
that social connection to other deer.
You can set up a Buck Trap year round as deer are very sociable, especially where scent is involved.
Ensure your trail camera has an unhindered view of the Buck Trap area.
Remove any swaying branches or weeds to avoid false triggers on the cameras sensor.
Turn the camera on, lock it up and walk away.
Your Buck Trap is set.
Get set to receive photos on your cell phone or emailed to your computer
Often setting up your own buck trap will help ensure your hunting success when you choose the spot.
Making Bucks Hunt You in the daylight at your location will certainly put the odds in your favor this season.