THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
11-29-2007, 04:24 PM
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THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
It's a liitle surreal to me.....chasing these animals, still. Whenever I sit down and think about it.....I think the thing that amazes me MOST about them is their size. Now don't get me wrong....I haven't taken a truckload of huge deer. I'm talking about the sheer size of a "typical" whitetail in my area.
I see them coming, from stand....and I wonder, later, how in the world an animal that size is so gifted and stealthy.....that it can elude human eyes (and other "predators") as well as it does.
They are a worthy adversary.....and simply amazing creatures. God gets an "A+" on this design!
I am alone in this thought? Anybody ever think about this???? It stands out as THE thing that intrigues me about these deer.....in my short time hunting them.
I see them coming, from stand....and I wonder, later, how in the world an animal that size is so gifted and stealthy.....that it can elude human eyes (and other "predators") as well as it does.
They are a worthy adversary.....and simply amazing creatures. God gets an "A+" on this design!
I am alone in this thought? Anybody ever think about this???? It stands out as THE thing that intrigues me about these deer.....in my short time hunting them.
11-29-2007, 04:39 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
I agree....it also amazes me how a simple brown and white paint job can hide them in it seems like any type of terrain. They just seem to blend in perfect.
11-29-2007, 04:40 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
I try to figure out how they get into such dense thickets with those large bodies and large crowns..... We have some nasty thick around here....
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
11-29-2007, 04:43 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
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I try to figure out how they get into such dense thickets with those large bodies and large crowns..... We have some nasty thick around here....
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
I try to figure out how they get into such dense thickets with those large bodies and large crowns..... We have some nasty thick around here....
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
11-29-2007, 04:52 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
It is their world we only live in it.
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It's a liitle surreal to me.....chasing these animals, still. Whenever I sit down and think about it.....I think the thing that amazes me MOST about them is their size. Now don't get me wrong....I haven't taken a truckload of huge deer. I'm talking about the sheer size of a "typical" whitetail in my area.
I see them coming, from stand....and I wonder, later, how in the world an animal that size is so gifted and stealthy.....that it can elude human eyes (and other "predators") as well as it does.
They are a worthy adversary.....and simply amazing creatures. God gets an "A+" on this design!
I am alone in this thought? Anybody ever think about this???? It stands out as THE thing that intrigues me about these deer.....in my short time hunting them.
It's a liitle surreal to me.....chasing these animals, still. Whenever I sit down and think about it.....I think the thing that amazes me MOST about them is their size. Now don't get me wrong....I haven't taken a truckload of huge deer. I'm talking about the sheer size of a "typical" whitetail in my area.
I see them coming, from stand....and I wonder, later, how in the world an animal that size is so gifted and stealthy.....that it can elude human eyes (and other "predators") as well as it does.
They are a worthy adversary.....and simply amazing creatures. God gets an "A+" on this design!
I am alone in this thought? Anybody ever think about this???? It stands out as THE thing that intrigues me about these deer.....in my short time hunting them.
11-29-2007, 04:54 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
ORIGINAL: buckeye
I try to figure out how they get into such dense thickets with those large bodies and large crowns..... We have some nasty thick around here....
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
I try to figure out how they get into such dense thickets with those large bodies and large crowns..... We have some nasty thick around here....
I cant get thru a lot of it on my hands and knees.......
What I find unreal is that you can be out there withyour sole purpose being finding them andyettheySTILL can sneak up on you.
11-29-2007, 04:56 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
If you're not 100% on top of your game, they can appear (and disappear) without you even noticing. I cannot count how many times I've looked behind a tree, and then back to the front of it and had deer right in front of me on the game trail I was set up on.
11-29-2007, 04:58 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
Another thing .....
Joe Brooks says a big deer makes a lot of noise coming through the woods. Do you guys that shoot really big deer notice this to be true?
Joe Brooks says a big deer makes a lot of noise coming through the woods. Do you guys that shoot really big deer notice this to be true?
11-29-2007, 05:01 PM
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RE: THE main thing that amazes me about a Whitetail Deer
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Another thing .....
Joe Brooks says a big deer makes a lot of noise coming through the woods. Do you guys that shoot really big deer notice this to be true?
Another thing .....
Joe Brooks says a big deer makes a lot of noise coming through the woods. Do you guys that shoot really big deer notice this to be true?
I can't say I have noticed big bucks making any more noise than that ofyounger buckswith all things being equal....
Want to hear noisy.... Try a yearling buck in dry woods during the rut.... They absolutely throw all caution to the wind as they travel.
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