What % of the time...
11-13-2007, 05:48 PM
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Central IL
Posts: 778
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.
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.
11-13-2007, 05:55 PM
#22
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Little Rock, AR
Posts: 44
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.
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.
11-14-2007, 08:12 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Posts: 1,401
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.
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.
11-14-2007, 08:29 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
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.
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.
11-14-2007, 09:03 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Texas and Arkansas
Posts: 1,496
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?
Wouldn't it be nice if you could schedule your vacation around the weather the same way we do moon phases?
11-14-2007, 09:20 AM
#27
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Little Rock, AR
Posts: 44
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.
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.
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