East Texas post-rut help.

[canny]

I've hunted our family property in houston county my whole life. I've always killed a buck prior to thanksgiving, but some years I didnt and after thanksgiving I have never seen a buck worth shooting. My land consists of 300 acres with a 1000yrd gas pipeline cutting it in half. I have a major perennial creek with several drainages that runs along side the pipeline. Right now I've been seeing most of my deer at a major creek crossing, but I'm curious as to where would be the best spot to set up after the rut. I usually dont hunt after thanksgiving but since we lost our duck hunting location i'll probably be deer hunting more if I dont kill one in the next couple weeks. Any advice would be welcomed

[texaskinner]

Hunt where you would during the rut, but around the first or second week of December, when the secondary rut comes in.

[splitfinger]

According to the TPWD, the peak of this year's rut in the Norther part of East Tx. will be around 11/21. That said, I'd hunt where you normally do for the big one's. I live/hunt out by Lake Sam Rayburn (Northwest of Jasper) and normally kill a buck Thanksgiving week end. Rattling normally works very well at this time and bucks are still looking for "Hot" does. I believe a "preliminary" rut begins in Oct. but the primary/peak rut is the mid/latter part of Nov.

Good luck.

Doug Key

[Shortbow]

I would go to the thickest most un used portion of your land and look there.