"strategys for late season bucks how do y'all kill these bruisers after everybody has chased them with the smoke poles"
Wrong - Our muzzleloader season hasn't even begun yet until January 2nd, just in time to blast them nocturnal again for the bowhunters after our week long statewide firearm season the first week of December...
Unless you are fortunate enough to live or hunt in a prime choice area as Kevin's, surviving "bruisers" can be miles and miles apart with unobtainable access since our steady annual deer count decline for the past decade...
They killed less than half this year of what they killed during our week long statewide firearm season a decade ago. Yeah, less than half, which is a good indicator of the overall population numbers...
The annual week long statewide firearm season for the 2002-2003 season was:
133,391
This year's week long statewide firearm season kill number is:
65,485
So 133,391 in 2002-2003 to 67,906 in 2014, is a difference of 67,906 less making it over 50% less killed...
Heck they killed 10 thousand less this year than last year...
These are facts, and that is how severe our population has declined...
But if you are fortunate enough to obtain access of a surviving bruiser that had sanctuary, hunt the closest food source to that sanctuary...
Good luck...