Self-Made Deer Trails
09-01-2005, 08:15 AM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
RE: Self-Made Deer Trails
Yep, I see at least one of these posts every year and totally concur. Whenever I blaze a trail through one of my hunting areas in the off season the deer always seem to start using it by the time the season rolls in. Only exception is when there is heavy human use of the same trail. Other hunters like to benefit from my hard work. 
09-01-2005, 11:13 AM
#13
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: West CO
Posts: 941
RE: Self-Made Deer Trails
ORIGINAL: cardeer
Yep deer get lazy to just like us. Last year I was hunting a field with high weeds and never could see the deer . I cut paths thru the field and right up to the woods, The deer used that cleared trail and i GOT ONE within a week
Yep deer get lazy to just like us. Last year I was hunting a field with high weeds and never could see the deer . I cut paths thru the field and right up to the woods, The deer used that cleared trail and i GOT ONE within a week
Deer like the path of least resistance. I cut a trail through some super thick brush once and it became the main runway through that area.
09-01-2005, 08:51 PM
#14
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location:
Posts: 258
RE: Self-Made Deer Trails
This doesn't suprise me. Deer aren't being lazy by taking the easiest trail, they're being smart. They save energy, their scent gets mixed in with all the other animals, the trampled trail is usually the quietest area to walk, and they get less burs and weed seeds stuck in their fur. When scouting I usually look to find the easiest way for a deer to travel between point A and B that keeps them in cover.
09-02-2005, 04:39 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Posts: 1,447
RE: Self-Made Deer Trails
you are all right..deer get tired too!!!I would wear rubber boots to kill scent. You didnt say how big those bucks were??? did they smell your feet?????? How many you killin ,or are ya just lookin?? Im from missouri...you gotta show me sumphin
