wow thats a herd.
12-21-2009, 02:14 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
wow thats a herd.
Me and my dad was coming home from the next town over. Major highwar with farmed running the road side. I turned my head when going by a field edge by a wood lot. I saw 30 or 40 deer in a 50x50yard area. I have never seen that many deer my first thought was where my muzzleloader. Sadly it was a private field.
12-21-2009, 06:36 PM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Frederick Maryland
Posts: 30
I have the same deal on the way home from work each day. We had 22 inches of snow Saturday and now you can see the deer very well. Today I pulled over and counted 57 deer in one field that was only three or four acres. These deer have been using this same field almost every day for the past few years. They are always there. The funny thing is that hunters hunt the field ajoining this one which is only divided by a strip of woods no more the 100 feet wide. No deer ever in that field!!! I dont even bother trying to get permission. Its a no brainer there.
12-22-2009, 07:43 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL./Iowa Boarder
Posts: 1,621
My wife & I woke up to about 3" of fresh snow this morning & 17 Deer in our back yard cleaning out my 5 bird feeders. Does, Button Bucks & one 8 pointer. She went to take a pic but they moved into the woods next to our house.
12-22-2009, 08:09 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
we have the same problem in buffalo tx, just 15 acres, i would usually tell ya its a 100 deer, but ill just say 30, the problem is shooting..hard to get 1 singled out, our shooting lane is only 15 yards wide, so to hit just one takes patience. and when ya shoot, they all run in to see what that was, but never any big guys though, a few nice 6's, but since this place is un-hunted for 2000 acres for the last 20 years , we lettin em grow..it will pay off in a few years.
12-22-2009, 08:36 AM
#6
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 77
i have the same amount of land in buffalo as well...and yes the deer are plentiful..i know the deer out there , the big ones, stay in the tree lines and just about never come out.
we have the same problem in buffalo tx, just 15 acres, i would usually tell ya its a 100 deer, but ill just say 30, the problem is shooting..hard to get 1 singled out, our shooting lane is only 15 yards wide, so to hit just one takes patience. and when ya shoot, they all run in to see what that was, but never any big guys though, a few nice 6's, but since this place is un-hunted for 2000 acres for the last 20 years , we lettin em grow..it will pay off in a few years.
12-22-2009, 05:56 PM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 39,036
Me and my dad was coming home from the next town over. Major highwar with farmed running the road side. I turned my head when going by a field edge by a wood lot. I saw 30 or 40 deer in a 50x50yard area. I have never seen that many deer my first thought was where my muzzleloader. Sadly it was a private field.
12-23-2009, 07:03 AM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Belgium
Posts: 996
on my first hunt I thought the cavalry came off the hillside, I never saw that many deer, even if it were just 30 animals. They were red deer and big. And it was hard to single one out. I could shoot does from 1 to 2 years but they bunched up together and I stood there at full draw what felt like for ever...
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12-23-2009, 09:29 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bismarck ND USA
Posts: 322
I know what you mean. One of the spots I hunt late season is typically herd hunting. The deer herd up into groups of 30-200. With that many eyes, you are hoping the deer you want to shoot doesn't run off with the rest of them when you draw.
