Memory retention of animals?
#21
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canning, Ontario. Canada
Posts: 974
RE: Memory retention of animals?
Thanks guys.. This is the stuff you learn from experience, and I have next to none of that..
I take scent seriously, I go through quite a ritual before heading out, right down to the scent of my foot prints.
Today I noticed there are a bunch more little does than there have been in the past, in odd spots too. I always walk their paths to and from the bush, guess I shouldn't be doing that.. It has not changed their habits yet (I do this almost daily) but it may backfire on me when it really counts.
I take scent seriously, I go through quite a ritual before heading out, right down to the scent of my foot prints.
Today I noticed there are a bunch more little does than there have been in the past, in odd spots too. I always walk their paths to and from the bush, guess I shouldn't be doing that.. It has not changed their habits yet (I do this almost daily) but it may backfire on me when it really counts.
#22
RE: Memory retention of animals?
David, there are no hard and fast rules. There are generalities to follow like scent control but there are always exceptions. As Buddy said, deer have personalities and are different like people are. Their personality is yet another variable factor in hunting but one that is difficut to nail down. To beat a deer at the survival game you have figured that out or you are lucky. I'd rather be lucky!
#24
RE: Memory retention of animals?
ORIGINAL: Buddy
I used to raise whitetails for over a dozen years and I learned first hand that each deer is an individual.
BBO
I used to raise whitetails for over a dozen years and I learned first hand that each deer is an individual.
BBO
Here in FL we cannot keep Native Deer in captivity, they have to be Out of State and you need a Special Permit from the State and the Conservation Officers do come around periodically for inspection.
You are right, Deer do have personalities and act different in different occasions. By observing them on the farm,I have noticed that some Deer act differently at times. Some Deer can be hand fed and some will wait to you leave or are a good distance from them.
Barbra does not let anyone in the compound cause they are very unpredictable on behavior. You never know what they are going to do next!
Now, many will tell you that's not true because they have known peolpe that have raised Fawns and have seen videos of perfectly trained Deer! My answer to them, To Each His Own!
#25
RE: Memory retention of animals?
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
Now, many will tell you that's not true because they have known peolpe that have raised Fawns and have seen videos of perfectly trained Deer! My answer to them, To Each His Own!
Now, many will tell you that's not true because they have known peolpe that have raised Fawns and have seen videos of perfectly trained Deer! My answer to them, To Each His Own!
#26
RE: Memory retention of animals?
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
Barbra does not let anyone in the compound cause they are very unpredictable on behavior. You never know what they are going to do next!
Now, many will tell you that's not true because they have known peolpe that have raised Fawns and have seen videos of perfectly trained Deer! My answer to them, To Each His Own!
Barbra does not let anyone in the compound cause they are very unpredictable on behavior. You never know what they are going to do next!
Now, many will tell you that's not true because they have known peolpe that have raised Fawns and have seen videos of perfectly trained Deer! My answer to them, To Each His Own!
#27
RE: Memory retention of animals?
ORIGINAL: Hotburn76
To many videos on the net of people taking a beating for me to ever desire getting into a pen with them!!!
To many videos on the net of people taking a beating for me to ever desire getting into a pen with them!!!
#28
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Thomasville, N.C.
Posts: 522
RE: Memory retention of animals?
Hog, here in NC we could only keep native deer to our area and with a purchased license as well with yearly inspections. I would always hand feed my doe fawns after three days with their mothers,as I wanted them to be tame but the bucks were allowed to be feed by their mothers and therefore keep mostly wild. But, I'm saying all this to say just this: No matter if you hand raise a fawn, it is such an indivisual, that not all doe fawns would tame up. As soon as they were fed, they'd run off and not let you handle them or touch them at all! Most fawns would however and become your child so to speak. (it was a very interesting dozen years raising these deer, and I wouldn't take a million dollars for the experience I had doing it)
BBO
(and yes, I named all my deer to suit their disposition)
BBO
(and yes, I named all my deer to suit their disposition)