How often do you NOT see deer?
07-10-2008, 05:49 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: oxford county, maine
Posts: 2,206
RE: How often do you NOT see deer?
ORIGINAL: Jimmy S
Do you see deer every time you enter the woods during deer season?
Do you spend days without seeing a deer?
I hunt NH for a full week plus weekends and Maine for 6 days.
I would see deer in both places about every other day.
Sometimes I see deer almost every day, some times only 1-2 times a week. One year in Maine a few years back, I spent the entire week without ever seeing a deer.
I am sure the deer population (and weather) is the primary difference. More deer = more sightings.
I hunt arear that have 5-15 deer/sq mile, depending on the state and location withinthat state. Also the hunting pressure is usually very light so the change that other hunters may move deer are very low.
Do you see deer every time you enter the woods during deer season?
Do you spend days without seeing a deer?
I hunt NH for a full week plus weekends and Maine for 6 days.
I would see deer in both places about every other day.
Sometimes I see deer almost every day, some times only 1-2 times a week. One year in Maine a few years back, I spent the entire week without ever seeing a deer.
I am sure the deer population (and weather) is the primary difference. More deer = more sightings.
I hunt arear that have 5-15 deer/sq mile, depending on the state and location withinthat state. Also the hunting pressure is usually very light so the change that other hunters may move deer are very low.
07-10-2008, 06:15 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Oakland OR USA
Posts: 2,929
RE: How often do you NOT see deer?
I don't remember ever going hunting and not seeing a deer where I hunt now . A couple times on out of state hunts we came up dry but never here . Where I hunt now I see turkeys everyday ,deer two or three times a week and an occasional elk maybe once or twice a month . Love living in the country .
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http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w59/rafter02/013.jpgtaken from the back porch
07-10-2008, 06:22 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lake Conroe-East Texas
Posts: 101
RE: How often do you NOT see deer?
Last year I took vacation and spent the first 9 days of gun season in the woods. I saw lots of deer for the first 5 days, just no shooter bucks. After that I saw hardly anything. What I did notice is that I had lots of good bucks on cam 2-3 weeks before gun season that I never saw again, that's why this year I bought a bow. In East Texas the rut happens during bow season.
07-11-2008, 09:48 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 1,462
RE: How often do you NOT see deer?
ORIGINAL: mossbergman11
i know i hate when you hear a squirrel and you get adrenaline because you think its adeer llol
i know i hate when you hear a squirrel and you get adrenaline because you think its adeer llol
I'd say I see deer 50% of the time I am out. Most of the time all I want to do is see one deer. When you see as little deer as I do, one just gets the heart pumping!!
