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Kansas Whitetail Hunts

Patterning Whitetail Deer With Trail Camera Pictures

In this particular Kansas whitetail hunts article we will discuss whitetail deer trail camera pictures. How often do you need to see a buck before hunting him. And when the best times to check your trail cameras are. 

In Kansas there is alot of terrain for whitetail deer to roam. While Kansas has been dubbed the most disappointing state to venture across in terms of scenery. At Dirt Road Outfitters we tend to disagree with this poll. It may not be all that glamorous, but then again if you see a Boone & Crockett whitetail buck what more scenery does one need to be satisfied? 

It's deer like the one above that has quickly turned Kansas into a premier hunting destination. Hunters thinking of taking a guided hunting trip are quickly choosing Kansas Whitetail Hunts over whitetail mecca states like Illinois & Iowa. What makes Kansas a great deer hunting state is that unlike Illinois & Iowa the acreage tends to be larger & farms are bigger. With less productive agriculture ground a farmer in Kansas must farm more to produce the same amount of bushels a farmer in Iowa & Illinois produces with less acreage. A lot of this is due to the soil being richer in Iowa & Illinois than in Kansas. While this works against the farmer in Kansas, it works in favor for the Kansas Whitetail Hunts. Even though in general our soil is less productive, since the farms are larger it allows the whitetail deer more acreage to find refuge should they receive hunting pressure on a neighboring property. This allows for consistent trophy whitetail deer production year after year in Kansas. The trick for the hunter is to figure out how to pattern the whitetail deer on their property. So we have come up with some tips to help your Kansas Whitetail Hunts trip be a good one with the proper use of trail cameras.

1. Only check your cameras between the hours of 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.  Yes, during the rut alot of the bucks are on their feet, but they are usally so intent on finding the hot doe that there is alot more room for error during the fall rut of November in Kansas. 

2. Alot of the spots we hunt we have cameras going year around, even when the bucks shed their antlers. There are a few Kansas Whitetail Hunts spots that we dont run cameras year around in. Those spots we usually corn about a month before season & set up trail cameras in early June. This allows the deer hunter to get any kinks out his cameras before the bucks' velvet horns really start shooting out of their heads. 

3. Kansas Whitetail Hunts starts September 18th. During this time of year the bucks are going to feed. Whether it be a corn, milo, or soybean field a hunter can usaully find them bedded down in it during the summer. Our Kansas whitetail deer tear up irrigated fields. It doesn't matter the flavor of the crop except if it's cotton. Anything with protein in it they tend to flock to in the summer. Our irrigated fields offer food, & cover for the whiteatil deer. Often times it can be hard to find the deer out in the field so we tend to set cameras up over a water source. Alot of deer get water out of circle tracks & alot more get them out of mudhole pond often times located inside this irrigated field. Setting up a camera here can be aboslute dynamite for find a good early season buck. 

4. Once Kansas Whitetail Hunts kicks in it we stick with food sources until the rut of November. During this time we usually deploy more trail cameras along deer trails, funnels, & pinch points. We usally try to deploy about 4-5 trail cameras in a row that we can check together. We limit the amount of time we are in the woods & usually take a centralized path to & from the trail cameras.

5. Once the fall rut of November is over we still use the newly deployed cameras from the rut of November for the post rut in December. Gun season is in full force during the month of December, but for only two weeks. When gun season is in swing, we don't check cameras that often. We use the knowledge we have acquired from early months to hunt deer during the month of December. Kansas Whitetail Hunts can get a little hairy during this month due to all the lead flying around. Since the deer can feel more pressure during this month more than any other, that is why we try not to give the deer anything more to stress about. And in the end it usally works & the deer hunter takes a nice mature 140 class whitetail deer home. 

6. After Kansas Whitetail Hunts season has ended we take down all the extra game cameras & focus on food plots, & feeders. When the bucks start shedding their antlers we quickly hit the woods & start snatching antlers up. 

Hopefully a deer hunter can take our tips & apply them to their next Kansas Whitetail Hunts trip. Dirt Road Outfitters sweats Kansas whitetail deer 365. We try to everything legal to help our hunters tag out on a trophy Kansas deer every time out. Until next time, keep on dreaming of those big beautfiul Kansas whitetail deer, would you? Thanks!