Bucks should continue to hang together in their summer bachelor groups through August. Bucks of similar age will be in groups between a few to over a dozen individuals, at least until their hormones begin flowing in September. August is the perfect time to conduct a camera census on the buck population, with a series of trail cameras set up on the best food sources available.
There is no other time of year or situation when hunters can see every buck on their property before the season begins. While many deer will migrate off the property during the rut, most bucks will spend a significant level of time on their home turf.
Hunters can easily inventory their buck population with a series of trail cameras scattered at the best food sources. Even though deer will continue to feed some at night, the absence of hunting pressure will allow them to feed regularly during daylight hours and in exposed areas.
Agriculture fields, productive warm-season food plots and preferably corn or bait piles are the best places to capture bachelor groups in August.
Bachelor groups will stick close to their summer haunts in their home range and won’t travel too far in their summer patterns. In order to capture the majority of the buck population, camera stations should be should be moved from place to place around the property to find every buck group available.
Multiple cameras set up on different trees within the immediate area will help capture ever buck traveling within these groups.
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