Spring-fall paterns
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cape Cod MA
Posts: 303
Spring-fall paterns
i was out turkey hunting today and saw about 20 deer. Do you guys think that there goiing to change there core areas alot in the fall. Also has anyone seen deer sheding thier fur as well i saw a bunch of bald ones?
#2
RE: Spring-fall paterns
It depends on what habitat is around for them to use. Generally there patterns do change but it can vary from 150 yards to 1 mile depending on the area. The deer I hunt around here move around 400 yards generally.
#3
RE: Spring-fall paterns
ORIGINAL: BuckRogers
It depends on what habitat is around for them to use. Generally there patterns do change but it can vary from 150 yards to 1 mile depending on the area. The deer I hunt around here move around 400 yards generally.
It depends on what habitat is around for them to use. Generally there patterns do change but it can vary from 150 yards to 1 mile depending on the area. The deer I hunt around here move around 400 yards generally.
I think you'd be shocked to know just how much your deer move and what the size of their range truly is. I assure you, many of the deer you see today will be miles down the road come summer and then fall.
#4
RE: Spring-fall paterns
ORIGINAL: BigBuck28
Also has anyone seen deer sheding thier fur as well i saw a bunch of bald ones?
Also has anyone seen deer sheding thier fur as well i saw a bunch of bald ones?
Here's a pic from just 2 days ago of a buck that's just starting to look ratty as his old coat is shedding and new antlers begining.
#5
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 85
RE: Spring-fall paterns
Il cornfed although I dont nessesarly disagree with you about how far deer actually move from oneseason to the next. I wonder where you get your data from.
I believe deer migrate with the availabe food sources.How far those food sources are apart from season to season I could'nd guess.Here in Pa where I live it gets real cold so I like to hunt places that I know they will lay up in the morning sun.I also like to shed hunt edge cover that gets the most sun light.They seem to be good producers.
I believe deer migrate with the availabe food sources.How far those food sources are apart from season to season I could'nd guess.Here in Pa where I live it gets real cold so I like to hunt places that I know they will lay up in the morning sun.I also like to shed hunt edge cover that gets the most sun light.They seem to be good producers.
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: Spring-fall paterns
So many of these questions are best answered with a great big "IT DEPENDS". (Not talking about diapers, either.)
Here in MT, my deer herd is in an entirely different habitat now than they will be in July-October. In fact, the spring deer herd is currently 1,000-2,000 feet in elevation and 1-5 miles from where they were in January. They will be furthest "in country" in about September, and closest to the roads in about March, and the distance between extremes, depending (there's that word again) on the individual deer it can be 1/2 mile to 10 miles.
I doubt it's that extreme in MA, but ... it depends. Get to know your local wildlife biologist, he will be able to give you more useful information than all the talking heads on this website combined.
Here in MT, my deer herd is in an entirely different habitat now than they will be in July-October. In fact, the spring deer herd is currently 1,000-2,000 feet in elevation and 1-5 miles from where they were in January. They will be furthest "in country" in about September, and closest to the roads in about March, and the distance between extremes, depending (there's that word again) on the individual deer it can be 1/2 mile to 10 miles.
I doubt it's that extreme in MA, but ... it depends. Get to know your local wildlife biologist, he will be able to give you more useful information than all the talking heads on this website combined.