Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
11-02-2007, 02:45 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: madison county ohio
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RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d
Hope not I'll leave mine in the woods tonight and return in the AM. Might leave the bow up on the hook too??
Hope not I'll leave mine in the woods tonight and return in the AM. Might leave the bow up on the hook too??
11-02-2007, 03:12 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern Illinoise
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RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
Color me crazy, but I believe a MATURE deer will alter his/her travel patterns to avoid treestands, trail cameras, and other items where he/she has had run-ins on multiple occassions with humans or human scent. Not every single mature deer, but a good amount of them.
These older deer are far from stupid, and they know from their travels in their home ranges where people are, and where people aren't. Those spots include treestands that we walk to and from on an annual basis. Always remember that it doesn't matter if you don't see or spook any deer from your stand while you're there, they are walking all over the place at night, investigating what is going on. It doesn't take long for them to learn.
Like I said, it won't effect all deer, but I personally believe it will effect mature bucks and their NORMAL travel patterns. Not when they're lovestruck and dogging a doe, or looking for a fight with a smaller buck. In those cases, as we all know, their normal weary behavior is thrown right out the door - which allows us the opportunity to harvest more of them during this time.
With that said, I'm off to the taxidermist. Enjoy your weekend gents, and I wish you all good luck!
These older deer are far from stupid, and they know from their travels in their home ranges where people are, and where people aren't. Those spots include treestands that we walk to and from on an annual basis. Always remember that it doesn't matter if you don't see or spook any deer from your stand while you're there, they are walking all over the place at night, investigating what is going on. It doesn't take long for them to learn.
Like I said, it won't effect all deer, but I personally believe it will effect mature bucks and their NORMAL travel patterns. Not when they're lovestruck and dogging a doe, or looking for a fight with a smaller buck. In those cases, as we all know, their normal weary behavior is thrown right out the door - which allows us the opportunity to harvest more of them during this time.
With that said, I'm off to the taxidermist. Enjoy your weekend gents, and I wish you all good luck!
11-02-2007, 03:16 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Horseheads NY
Posts: 403
RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
Cant say I would ever leave my bow out in the woods. I would think that much dampness cant be good for the bearings, strings and cables.
I put my ladderstands up about a month before season and takethem down after season, only so they dont rust out and the straps dont get week. The deer dont seem to care about them. Once and a while I will get one that will look up but not to often but I think its more that they heard orwinded me.
I put my ladderstands up about a month before season and takethem down after season, only so they dont rust out and the straps dont get week. The deer dont seem to care about them. Once and a while I will get one that will look up but not to often but I think its more that they heard orwinded me.
11-02-2007, 04:15 PM
#15
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: homer, NE
Posts: 347
RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
I think they do if they see you are smell your sent. I had a 150 incher see me once in my stand and I never see hin agian from that stand , so I moved over the hill from it and guse what he showed up at it the first night I sat there and I got him, he had been going around me. That one of the reasons I use a climber stand and move around a lot and I can take most of my sent out with me.
Put them down
Put them down
11-02-2007, 04:25 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,606
RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
absolutely not they get use to it being there and not a threat. i have one in my back yard that doesn't scare them away . take a look at a pic of it . it doesn't bother him
to them, it's just part of the tree, some guy's put dummies in them through the summer.
11-02-2007, 05:33 PM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 6,764
RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
No. Matter of fact I left my climber in the woods on Tuesday and went back to get it on Friday. Rubs not 5 ft behind it.
If it don't smell and ain't threating why would it change their pattern?
If it don't smell and ain't threating why would it change their pattern?
11-02-2007, 06:16 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
I have two Ladder Stands I leave up year round,so yes the are use to them.I have used Stands over Feeders that have been there too long and have had Deer and Hogs look up at the Stand before coming to the Feeder.
big rockpile
big rockpile
11-02-2007, 06:22 PM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: NC
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RE: Do deer avoid treestands left in the woods?
ORIGINAL: HNIJustin
Color me crazy, but I believe a MATURE deer will alter his/her travel patterns to avoid treestands, trail cameras, and other items where he/she has had run-ins on multiple occassions with humans or human scent. Not every single mature deer, but a good amount of them.
These older deer are far from stupid, and they know from their travels in their home ranges where people are, and where people aren't. Those spots include treestands that we walk to and from on an annual basis. Always remember that it doesn't matter if you don't see or spook any deer from your stand while you're there, they are walking all over the place at night, investigating what is going on. It doesn't take long for them to learn.
Like I said, it won't effect all deer, but I personally believe it will effect mature bucks and their NORMAL travel patterns. Not when they're lovestruck and dogging a doe, or looking for a fight with a smaller buck. In those cases, as we all know, their normal weary behavior is thrown right out the door - which allows us the opportunity to harvest more of them during this time.
With that said, I'm off to the taxidermist. Enjoy your weekend gents, and I wish you all good luck!
Color me crazy, but I believe a MATURE deer will alter his/her travel patterns to avoid treestands, trail cameras, and other items where he/she has had run-ins on multiple occassions with humans or human scent. Not every single mature deer, but a good amount of them.
These older deer are far from stupid, and they know from their travels in their home ranges where people are, and where people aren't. Those spots include treestands that we walk to and from on an annual basis. Always remember that it doesn't matter if you don't see or spook any deer from your stand while you're there, they are walking all over the place at night, investigating what is going on. It doesn't take long for them to learn.
Like I said, it won't effect all deer, but I personally believe it will effect mature bucks and their NORMAL travel patterns. Not when they're lovestruck and dogging a doe, or looking for a fight with a smaller buck. In those cases, as we all know, their normal weary behavior is thrown right out the door - which allows us the opportunity to harvest more of them during this time.
With that said, I'm off to the taxidermist. Enjoy your weekend gents, and I wish you all good luck!
I have a box blind that had been in place for 7 years and I was able to take a 5 1/2 year old buck out of it in 2005. It's now been there 9 years and I'm still seeing mature bucks from it. BUT, I don't hunt it day in and day out.
Now if you leave a climber hanging on a tree one day and a deer sees it and knows it wasn't there the day before, I'm sure they'll investigate it and be wary of it. But it's not threating and if you didn't leave any scent on it, I believe they'll go on and ignore it.