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Old 11-11-2003, 12:13 PM
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Belle Island
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ridgeland MS USA
Posts: 850
Default RE: Please double check my deer knowledge.

1) Deer move mostly at night but can be taken at first light and right before sundown. The rut and cold weather (freezing and below) can lead to daytime movement

2) Deer sign like scrapes and rubs are visited at night so don' t hunt over them

3) Deer sign in fields and on the fields edges were probably made at night

5) Deer eat at night and sleep during the day

6) Mature bucks always walk down wind so they can smell for you and does in heat.

10) Does move first and bucks follow behind
I WOULD DISAGREE WITH MOST OF THE ABOVE

I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE BELOW
8) Deer like very thick areas and swamps

9) Areas where it changes from mature woods to thickets and swamps are good to hunt
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