What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I've always came across various animals when hunting, but nothing yet has peaked my interest enough to shoot at it and take a chance of scaring all the deer within a country mile.

When out hunting, what animal would immediately cause you to be willing to scare every deer in the forest if you had a chance at a good shot?

Me - Red Fox

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I'll drop a coyote if given the chance!

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Nothing

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

bobcat...have seen them, but not before they saw me though lol

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Coyote, you can be damn sure if there is a yote in the area the deer will be nowhere around.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I would love to take a coyote with the bow.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Coyote.........or a sasquatch. Time to put the rumors to rest!!:D

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Black Bear

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

bear, bobcat or coyote

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Coyote for sure, bear would be fair game too

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I'velaid the smack down oncoyotes, bobcats, and hogs with my bow while hunting deer. That's the great thing about using a bow. Why do you need a trump card when you can double-down. One evening I harvested a bobcat and then shot a doe 45 minutes later. I think you're better off getting rid of the predator (if it's legal). I'm with you though, I would definitely like an opportunity at a red fox or a mountain lion (they're rare, but legal out here).

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

In my experience, gunshots don't bother deer too much. Numerous times I've shot deer and stayed put only to have other deer come in minutes later.

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If it's between and 8 point and a coyote, well, there'll be one less coyote in the world. I hate those things. Always running around just outside the perimeter of the camp yowling and such...

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote, hmmmmm, I sense a trend..... ;)

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Another vote for a coyote!

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I will shoot a coyote or bobcat if given the chance. Gunshots don't usually scare deer, so I'll take the chance. If a hog came by, I wouldn't hesitate. I very rarely see hogs on my place. In fact I have only seen them once, so if one comes by when I have a gun in hand, it's in trouble. I see foxes quite often, but don't shoot.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Every coyote you kill in the fall is 10 turkeys to shoot in the spring. Other than that, I'll shoot a hog if I see one.

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Trespassers!;)

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Good question, I'm going to check if its legal but a bobcat would be awesome or a black bear.

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Coyotes are a temptation that I've learned to resist. Bear, cougar, or hog on the other hand............ the odds are slim though here in Iowa. A cougar has been shot in the county I hunt though, and more sign has been found,a couple of bears shot a county or two away, and hogs are rumored two counties away.

The DNR denied cougars in Iowa until one was hit by a car and two were shot by hunters. Bears, cougars and hogs are not protected in Iowa because they are not wanted here. Wolves are protected, go figure. They are not wanted either.

Bob

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Polar Bears. enough said.;)

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote, bear, bobcat thats about it for me

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RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

bobcat of course. I have saw several small ones that i have passed up, I'm looking for that big male to have mounted. One day i will find him lol

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

What if shooting a trophy deer is not your goal? Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't turn down a shot at a monster buck. It's just that at the end of the day, I don't really care if I see one or not. Different strokes.........

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Obama supporters!

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Id take a coyote over a deer, but if boredome gets to me all critters better look out.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I agree with 2pappa 100%. There isn't anything in the deer woods that would make me take a shot other than a deer.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

a good coyote is a dead coyote, getting rid of them is more important to me than a deer

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

werewolf

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

If I am bored, even a crow can get shot at. I have killed everything you can imagine while deer hunting (except a hog, but only because I havent ever seen one). Gunshots for the most part do not bother deer. How many times have you killed multiple deer because after you shoot the first one, the rest have no idea where you are (and if you have to clean one......)? Unless you are a good distance away, you really have no idea where that gunshot came from, so how is a deer any different?

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I think if your deer hunting, bow or gun, and you don't take a coyote that gives you a shot, your not doing your part for good management. Different strocks I spose.

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

squirells tend to get on my nerves when im deer hunting..crawlin around your stand and runnin about the woods makin you sometimes think a deer is runnin up on you..and they even give your position away sometimes i think..but i just take it out on em when i go squirell huntin..i shoot every one in site lol

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

coyote... i shot one this spring while turkey hunting:)

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

Coyotes....they scare Deer away and will kill turkeys,I shoot one every chance I get.Now last year on opening day of Rifle Deer Season we hunted a new Lease and a Doe and small 4-Point Buck ran right past my stand,about 30 minutes later a Coyote was on the same path but I didn't shoot it because I didn't want to scare any potential Big Bucks away...wish I would have shoot it now and I had several guys get after me for not shooting the Yote but it was my choice on the subject.About 1 hour later a Bobcat and 2 Kittens strolled past my stand later on and I couldn't shoot the bigger Bobcat because they weren't in season til about3 days later! [&:]But a Bobcat will be my next choice to shoot and have mounted when they are in season because I would love to have one mounted and hanging on my wall. ;)

RE: What trumps a deer when hunting?
 

I would shoot a yote if I saw one, but I have never seen one while hunting. Turkeys would be on my list. I don't mess with the squirrels. Too concerned with scaring deer away if I shot at them. Oh and shooting something else other than a deer with the chance of scaring a monster buck away?I hunt does mostly, so that reallynever crosses my mind. If a monster buck comes by then that's great, if not; no problem.