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RE: What % of the time...
Drogerm,
My dad went to Arkansas to deer hunt about 10 years straight and said he would see 60-70 deer in a week. He was hunting near the Arkansas/Missouri border though. As for me, I would say I see deer when I am in the stand about 9 times out of 10.....at least one deer. Tonight I was skunked besides scaring a deer about 20 yards away while repairing my stand. Yesterday afternoon I saw 1 buck, and yesterday morning I saw 4 bucks, 3 were 1.5 year olds, and the other was a 10-pointer near 140-class. I also saw 5 does and what might have been a button buck. So in the last 48 hours I have seen 11 deer while sitting and 12 total while out hunting. However, that is just 2 out of my last 3 hunts. |
RE: What % of the time...
ORIGINAL: npaden I was out 7 times this past week. pm - yearling basket 8pt buck pm - 2 does and 2 fawns with them, 2.5 yr old 9pt buck; 1 boar hog am - doe and fawn;1 boar hog pm - 2.5 yr old 9pt buck am - doe and fawn, yearling basket 8pt buck, 2.5 yr old 9pt buck pm - 14 turkey, doe and fawn, 2.5 8pt buck (that I shot) am - nothing So85% of the time I saw deer, and the average number I saw was 2.67. |
RE: What % of the time...
That is an interesting thought that would play a big factor in how many deer you see. From where I sit I can see about 250 - 300 yards in 3 directions. I sit on a hill looking down into the brush and that gives me a big advantage even over a 20' tall stand. (The hill is about 60' tall). If I wasdown lower and could only see 50 - 100 yards I would have seen fewer deer.
I did see 3 rattlesnakes leaving my stand in the dark in the evenings but no jack rabbits. I haven't ever seena jack rabbit on my property actually, but I have seen a few cotton tails. Where my property is I actually have some real trees and 2 creek bottoms and some hills, not the flat as a pancake mesquite brush flats like you get going out farther west. I'm really happy with my place out there. |
RE: What % of the time...
It depends on what I'm looking for. There are places that I know I will see deer anytime I go there. But they are does and small bucks. There are other places where I might not see deer, but based on scrapes and rubs, I know that larger bucks may be. Once the rut starts, I'll go to those places where I know the does hang out, in hopes of seeing a shooter buck.
I usually see a few deer when I'm on the stand, but the last two days were unseasonably warm, so not much was moving. A waste of a couple of vacation days, unfortunately. |
RE: What % of the time...
Wouldn't it be nice if you could schedule your vacation around the weather the same way we do moon phases?
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RE: What % of the time...
ORIGINAL: bigangrychicken Wouldn't it be nice if you could schedule your vacation around the weather the same way we do moon phases? |
RE: What % of the time...
ORIGINAL: npaden That is an interesting thought that would play a big factor in how many deer you see. From where I sit I can see about 250 - 300 yards in 3 directions. I sit on a hill looking down into the brush and that gives me a big advantage even over a 20' tall stand. (The hill is about 60' tall). If I wasdown lower and could only see 50 - 100 yards I would have seen fewer deer. I did see 3 rattlesnakes leaving my stand in the dark in the evenings but no jack rabbits. I haven't ever seena jack rabbit on my property actually, but I have seen a few cotton tails. Where my property is I actually have some real trees and 2 creek bottoms and some hills, not the flat as a pancake mesquite brush flats like you get going out farther west. I'm really happy with my place out there. |
RE: What % of the time...
i have been out about 35 times and have seen deer everytime but 4 times (all in Oct)
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