She was moving briskly and seemed agitated. Not far behind her came a nice 8-point buck, nose to the ground. His complete attention was focused on the doe's trail. He never knew I was there, and he never knew what hit him. With late spring and early summer green-up, the direct correlation to autumn and winter deer patterns diminishes.
Food becomes more abundant, and deer are apt to wander aimlessly taking advantage of the bounty.
This is the beginning of the summer pattern. However, summer is an excellent time to locate individual bucks. Bucks with growing, velvet-covered antlers are nonaggressive and hang out in bachelor groups where the food is good. Summer bucks will even venture out into open fields to feed during daylight hours, usually in the evening. Now's the time to glass fields or pastures on summer evenings.