Hi,
I' ve been a logger for over 15 years and my father has been for 40+. Deer will follow the skid roads starting within a day or two even if there is no snow, but especially then. They can walk more easily, and the lack of deep leaves means they can walk more quietly as well. They will mostly ignore nearby runs and use the skid road.
It will be a good spot to hunt once the new growth starts, but deer get used to the logging operation very quickly and are not alarmed by it. Actually, if they are cutting hardwoods, especially soft (not sugar) maple and ash, or oaks with acorns, the deer view the operation as a dinner bell. I' ve had to scare deer away so that I didn' t hit them with the next tree during extreme winters with little food.
Get to the logging area before the loggers come in for the day and I bet you' ll see a whole herd working over the downed tops. For the bigger bucks I suggest hunting the area at the end of the day right before dark. Just remember, a logging area is very dangerous. There may be large hanging limbs broken off that could fall, or a tree could be cut off hung up on another tree ready to come down (bad logging practices, they should be pulled down immediately). Dead trees may have been knocked and are ready to fall over (they should be cut down first).
I know loggers who ride friends in in the morning on the front of the machine with a rifle to easily take deer. They don' t run right away since they are used to the loggers and they' re feeding them with the tops (not sporting as far as I' m concerned). The best place to shoot a deer is off of a log skidder.
By knowing this information about how deer behave around a logging job and using extreme caution you will have an advantage over the other hunters there. Also, if you can stalk well, find the nearest thick cover near the operation and stalk it from upwind, or better yet set up between it and the logging area an hour or two before quitting time. You should be able to ambush the deer as they leave the bedding area and head to the feast.
Good Luck!
Mark
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