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How many times out of 10 do you see deer when you go hunting. I am somewhat of a disgruntled hunter at the moment. I have been at least once a day since the season started and sometimes twice (about 25 times total) and have seen deer 3 times. I was just wandering if this was close to normal for this time of year.

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I would say about 1 or 2 out of 10 for me, depending on the year. some are
better than others.

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I see deer everyday I pass this one field 1/2 mile up the road from my home. Last night there were 37 deer in it. When I' m hunting I would say 80% of the time I see at least a tail. The problem is getting them close enough to stick one.

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Depending on which stand I hunt, I' d say 3/10 on a trial stand and my best stand I' d probably say 8/10.

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I see deer almost every time I go out to hunt but they don' t always come in range. I hunt over alfalfa and clover plots that I planted and cant cover the whole area at once.

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I would say about 80% of the time. Sounds to me like you are probably overhunting your area....and they know it.

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I hunted probably 40 days last year and on only 2 occasions did I not see deer. Very few within range and even fewer still that I chose to take, but I nearly always see game.

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I guess its about 7 out of 10 I will see deer

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I would say 9 out of 10 times I' ll see deer. Not always in shooting range but it is very rare that I don' t at least see them.

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I see ' em everytime and I go out 2-3 times a month (Maryland has a ton of deer but there' s no hunting on Sunday' s on Public Land...yet!).

But if the question was how often are they in bow range...well, that' s a different story!

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I SEE deer 8 out of 10 times I go out. That doesn' t mean they get within range, or anything like that. I just enjoy the time outdoors. While I do everything in my power to be successful, it' s just a pleasure to see deer even if it' s only on the drive in to my areas. I don' t have to see them, or get a shot to feel it was a successful time afield. If I even see a deer, I' m happy. If I get a shot, well, that' s just icing on the cake!!! :D

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Must be nice! Wish I would see deer 1/2 the time I go out. I may be overhunting
my area, but I only hit my good spot 2 times a week so I dont think I`m
overdoing it.
But I`d rather hunt and see nothing than sit on the couch!:)

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I have seen deer every time i have gone out this year (i can only go on weekends) but most of the time they are too far away for a shot...thats gunna chsange once shotgun season opens though..... and i personally dont think you can over hunt an area, ive been hunting the same farm every weekend scince opener and the deer and skiddish but they dont change they' e habbits.

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I have 4 or 5 areas to hunt in completely different places and try to not go to the same stand more than twice a week. If I saw deer 8 out of 10 times " in range or not" I would truly believe I was in heaven.

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Hunting the same area on just the weekends is not exactly overhunting. That would be more like moderate pressure on them.

I would say I see deer 8 out of 10 times on average. I can' t remember the last time I went 2 hunts in a row with out seeing any deer.

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I have two tracks of land that I hunt about 40 to 50 miles apart. The one closest to my house (5 Miles) I see deer 90% of the time and most of that I can get a shot off. There is a large deer population by this property almost too many. Have no problem seeing 10 to 20 deer most of the time when I sit. Now the other track of land is the total opposite. Not a very big population of deer. I think the hunters out number them during rifle season. I love hunting here regardless because our camp is here and if a nice buck comes by it is usually a shooter. I think wolves have a lot to do with the population in this area.

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Hunted 5 times so far seen deer 3 times ,shot 1 doe no bucks yet

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I' ve been out about 15 times this fall so far and have seen deer each time out. Most times I see less than 5 deer and 2 times I only saw deer as I was going to/from my stand. Other than those 2 deer, every one was within bow range. Only 1 of those presented me with a clean shot though.

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all it depends on where i am hunting.....private land....about 8 out of 10....public land....like 3 out of ten

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are you hunting over a planted field or baiting? i think this time of year deer movement is limited. if your just hunting over a trail in an area without a good food source i would wait till november to hunt those spots and find a new spot or bait the area your using. that mite increase sightings. the reason i say might is i have baited early in the season and had deer not even touch things till it got colder. i remember years ago in my normal hunting areas sitting over some well used trails rubs and scrapes. well they must have been used during the night or something cause i never seen much deer. find the does and the bucks will follow. more impotant find a food source. white acorn stands planted fields or bait. without food your just gambling on a travel area that the deer may only use from time to time. sounds like you have spent much time in your areas so it may be time to scout out some different spots. once you find a good travel area you will probably have better success. thats why some guys kill deer in the same spots every year. they found a honey hole that produces every year. now get out and find yours! by the way im still looking for mine.:)

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on my land here i see deer everyday hunting or not. when hunting usually at least a dozen come by but if i' m out at my uncles alfalfa i kid u not 20-30 easy. lots of does though. the odd one sneaks onto our garden and eats the peas or else jumps into the cattle pasture to sample a little of the salt and minera lblocks for the cattle. biggest sheds i ever found were in my own pasture.

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Isee them the mojority of the time, gone 3 times this year and saw 4 deer 1st morning, 4 deer that afternoon and none the second morning but did have turkey all around me and I' m sure that if I could have stayed on stand another hour or so I would have seen deer.

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I have a lot of deer in my areas that I hunt, so I see deer almost everytime out.

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I' d say I' m a 50 %er.

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So far its one out of three times out. I would have to say early hot bowseason 3 out of 10 and a little better once the weather cools.

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80% weather its mornings or evenings, im very fortunate to have the private ground that i hunt. Take care of your hunting ground and it will take care of you.

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Out of the 14 days I spent hunting deer in my stand,over the last two trips to Illinois/ Indiana..... I only remember one sitting I did not see ANY deer. I always see does....... Its the bucks Im looking for. I am blessed with a WONDERFUL place to hunt - a place that produces many huge deer on private property ... and I am very thankful I have this place to go.

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I' d say maybe 7 or 8 out of ten times I see deer. I' m copnsidering a time out a morning hunt, or an afternoon hunt, so if I' m out all day, it would be two hunts. Last year it was proable more like 90%. But, if you ask how many times that I could have had a shot at deer, I would say maybe 1 or 2 out of ten.

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I have my own 80 acres that I live on and hunt on. I see deer 95% of my sittings. Mostly, because I know the deers patterns like the back of my hands and my stands are in the right locations.

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If I hunt an area and don' t see deer after 3 hunts, I go to another area. I' m usually, that is usually, around 60-70% at the end of the season. I' ve been totaling up my sightings per hunt the last couple seasons and that' s where I' ve been.

You' ve got to take alot of things in mind when you ask that question on a board like this from guys all across the nation. A guy in Northern Maine is glad to see a couple deer PER SEASON, but a guy from Iowa or Illinois or wherever else might not be happy unless he sees deer every or every other hunt. Depends on your area man.

good luck

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If I' m hunting some WMAs, I see deer maybe 1 out of 5 times. As for chances of them being close enough to shoot, I' d say maybe 1 out of 15. But, come October I' m allowed to hunt some privately held land and my sightings increase to about 100% of the time I see deer and the times they are close enough to shoot are at 1 out of 5.

As you can guess, it' s hard to focus on work Monday thru Friday when my mind is set on Saturday and my chances of putting down some does or a chance for a decent buck!