Opening morning question...
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Opening morning question...
Ok, so at one of my properties the season opens September 1st. I'll be hunting on the edge of a bean field. I've hunted my farm many times. Sometimes, in the morning, there are deer in the field when I arrive, sometimes there aren't. The first 2 weeks of the season is bucks only. Sucks, I agree. My question is...if I get there opening morning and there are some deer in the field, and I can identify them as does...is it worth bumping them to get in the tree? Usually there aren't any deer in this bean field in the morning but you never know. Since I can only shoot a buck, will I do much much harm bumping the girls out or should I just wait for the evening hunt?
P.S. There's no back way in to the stands.
P.S. There's no back way in to the stands.
#2
RE: Opening morning question...
I absolutely wouldn't bump deer, knowingly, that could see me.
In the woods....they don't know what I am ( I could be a dog, a bunch of racoons or more deer). I'm not so paticular about bumping a deer that can only hear me.
In the woods....they don't know what I am ( I could be a dog, a bunch of racoons or more deer). I'm not so paticular about bumping a deer that can only hear me.
#3
RE: Opening morning question...
I would wait for the afternoon hunt. I dont think that bumping the does out would cause much harm, but you never know, maybe there is a once in a lifetime buck standing in the edge of the woods watching. By bumping them all out of there, you may never see him again. I would either wait for the afternoon hunt to hunt the bean field, or in the morning i would try to get back into the woods and try to set up on the deer leaving the field.
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RE: Opening morning question...
I don't like bumping them out either but like I said, many times they are NOT there in the morning. The farm is about an hour from my house, I would hate to drive that far and then not be able to get in the tree. I think a morning scouting trip would be wellworth it.
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RE: Opening morning question...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I absolutely wouldn't bump deer, knowingly, that could see me.
In the woods....they don't know what I am ( I could be a dog, a bunch of racoons or more deer). I'm not so paticular about bumping a deer that can only hear me.
I absolutely wouldn't bump deer, knowingly, that could see me.
In the woods....they don't know what I am ( I could be a dog, a bunch of racoons or more deer). I'm not so paticular about bumping a deer that can only hear me.
As far as the answer to the question, NO I wouldnt bump the deer, your buck may not be far and if one of them deer snorts/blows or he sees them bolt from the field he may not make an appearance.
#8
RE: Opening morning question...
However it has to be natural sounds the deer are hearing,
I may bea stooge.....but I'm a thinking stooge.
#9
RE: Opening morning question...
They may not be in the field, but they may not be far off of it either. If the deer are hanging around just inside the wood line you won't see them, but they will sure see you. Don't risk it...save for an afternoon hunt.
I have a place just like what you're describing which is why I don't get any morning hunts on that farm. To reach my stand, I'd have to trespass which I won't do.
I have a place just like what you're describing which is why I don't get any morning hunts on that farm. To reach my stand, I'd have to trespass which I won't do.
ORIGINAL: NCRemington700
I don't like bumping them out either but like I said, many times they are NOT there in the morning. The farm is about an hour from my house, I would hate to drive that far and then not be able to get in the tree. I think a morning scouting trip would be wellworth it.
I don't like bumping them out either but like I said, many times they are NOT there in the morning. The farm is about an hour from my house, I would hate to drive that far and then not be able to get in the tree. I think a morning scouting trip would be wellworth it.
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RE: Opening morning question...
ORIGINAL: NavyDeerHunter
They may not be in the field, but they may not be far off of it either. If the deer are hanging around just inside the wood line you won't see them, but they will sure see you. Don't risk it...save for an afternoon hunt.
I have a place just like what you're describing which is why I don't get any morning hunts on that farm. To reach my stand, I'd have to trespass which I won't do.
They may not be in the field, but they may not be far off of it either. If the deer are hanging around just inside the wood line you won't see them, but they will sure see you. Don't risk it...save for an afternoon hunt.
I have a place just like what you're describing which is why I don't get any morning hunts on that farm. To reach my stand, I'd have to trespass which I won't do.
ORIGINAL: NCRemington700
I don't like bumping them out either but like I said, many times they are NOT there in the morning. The farm is about an hour from my house, I would hate to drive that far and then not be able to get in the tree. I think a morning scouting trip would be wellworth it.
I don't like bumping them out either but like I said, many times they are NOT there in the morning. The farm is about an hour from my house, I would hate to drive that far and then not be able to get in the tree. I think a morning scouting trip would be wellworth it.