Well , I marked rarely but I will count them right now.

Now ..you did say deer and not hogs.YOu also said from your stand and not walking out .

I saw one doe while in my stand and I hunted .....
7 times that would be 14 % of the time.

If ya count deer flushed out and hogs...I'm up to 42% ..I like that number better.

I put ....I see deer 90% of the time.

I went to check my journal.....and I've been skunked 5 out of 16 times afield, this year. On the surface.....you'd ask why I was off so much in my assessment. Here's the deal, though:

Hunted 16 times
Saw 91 deer
Had 55 within Bow Range
Harvested 2

I don't care who you are......I'll take that many sightings.....and I'm "OK" with my original assessment.

Jeff

I think I actually rated mine a little high. I am from Rowan County in NC. I have 3 stands that I normally hunt. 2 of them are in areas where it is over hunted. At one location it seems like 25-50% of the time you will hear something in the morning before you are able to see, by the time the sun rises you will be lucky to see a few squirrels. The one stand that is not in an over hunted area it is still rare to see a deer but when you do, it is usually a nice deer. It is very easy to get discouraged in my neck of the woods. There have been seasons where the only deer I have seen have been what I have harvested, which like I said before are nice deer...not younger deer. That particular year I only took 3 deer, 2 really nice buck and one nice doe. I still continued to hunt after getting the bucks as we try to do our part in managment hunting. Our rule is that if we harvest a buck we should do our best to equal it out and harvest a doe as well.
I have not yet had a season in bow hunting, but the stories my husband and relatives bring back it is not much better during bow season. I guess I will find out next year.

I love the feedback, I do tend to see more deer in December. The property that Ihunt tends to be somewhat of a yarding area in the winter and can be really hit or miss early in the season. This is a frustrating time of year and I look forward to seeing more deer!!

Had 55 within Bow Range
SB GOBBLERS

Hey let's be friends.

Sorry. I tried to post my journal and it didn't print like I thought it would.

Yep.....55 within bow range.....and I'm ALWAYS looking for new places to hunt....lol.

In all honesty.....30 of those were in one sitting.....at one time.....and that's the day I shot my 7 pointer.

Jeff

In all honesty In the last 4 years I've seen .18deer in FloridaI probalby hunt for them about 20 times a year.. not good odds.

3 bucks and 15 does ..includes driving down the road and flushing them out.
in a WMA

From my stand in 4 years I've seen 2 does , 2 fawns and 1 button buck

When i went to Missouri I hunted 10 times .I only saw deer on day one 3 bucks and 1 doe. I know they arte there. He sends me trail pics alot. We are watching 15 different trophy bucks this year. The biggest is an eleven point. Super widerack.

At my old spot, I saw deer 98% of the time. Unfortunately, that land was posted this year and I didn't know about it until opening weekend. So I decided to try some public land. I love it on the public land......but I just can't seem to pattern these deer. I don't know if they are really smart or really dumb, but I have yet to see them do the same thing twice. I've actually only seen like 5 or so this year. At my old spot, I saw 5 within the first hour of hunting usually.

Well this year makes 8 times. Every year prior I would rarely sit in stand without seeing deer. I think it's because of all the gas well being installed around here.

haha...its horrible, I actually put "rarely"--because I actually thought about it, and in the 9years I've hunted (only 2 with a bow), I bet I would only need 3 hands to count the deer I've seen on. BUT, nonetheless; I still have a great time, and when I do get lucky enough to see a deer; oh man! It is exciting!

I will say this, though...late season bow hunting last year I was able to get out over Christmas break at college for 5 days, and I seen deer 3 out of 5 days (didn't shoot anything though)!