When the bucks get done using my mineral site in September, will they stick around eating the corn and beans in the area or will they leave?
Brad from MO asks: Bill, I have a mineral site in an old grown-up road bed between a corn field and a bean field. I’ve been getting two mature eights on my trail camera night after night, and they’re feeding at the mineral site. When the bucks stop using the mineral site in September, will they desert the area, or is there a good chance they will stick around for beans and corn? Thanks, Brad Winke Responds: Brad, They may desert the area, but not because they no longer need the mineral. They may desert it because some bucks have a specific summer range and specific (but differnt) fall range. After shedding velvet, they tend to disperse over the next few weeks (two to three weeks) into their fall ranges. By October, typically, most bucks have made this transition. Not all will disperse, but some will. The only way you know for sure is to reestablish their location with a camera or sightings. Also, if you saw buck in a certain area last fall, there is a pretty good chance he will be in t
