Are the deer high or low?
10-19-2008, 09:10 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Are the deer high or low?
Hi,
Here in WV you have decent size mountains and along the sides of the mountains are benches that go along the mountain from top to the bottom. From the ridgeline all the way down to the valley are trails along these benches. I heard from a guy one time that you can tell whether the deer will be high or low by looking at the cows ona mountain........If the cows are low then the deer will be low, if there in the middle or on the ridge then the deer will follow suite. He said the pressure determines where they will be. Is there any truth to this? If not, is there a good way to guess where on the mountain a deer is most likely to travel on a certain day?
Here in WV you have decent size mountains and along the sides of the mountains are benches that go along the mountain from top to the bottom. From the ridgeline all the way down to the valley are trails along these benches. I heard from a guy one time that you can tell whether the deer will be high or low by looking at the cows ona mountain........If the cows are low then the deer will be low, if there in the middle or on the ridge then the deer will follow suite. He said the pressure determines where they will be. Is there any truth to this? If not, is there a good way to guess where on the mountain a deer is most likely to travel on a certain day?
10-20-2008, 01:37 AM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: Are the deer high or low?
I usually find they come down to eat at night and go back up for safety and bed during the day. But you will find them all over depending on the cover. Hope this helps some.
10-20-2008, 05:23 AM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Are the deer high or low?
We have similar terrain here, though not as steep as yours. The deer tend to bed on the ridge tops during the day,this gives them plenty of time to run if they hear something coming up the side of the ridge. Pressure has less to do with it than safety. Stake out the trails on those benches, as well as any saddles between ridge tops.
10-20-2008, 11:03 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: NOVA
Posts: 780
RE: Are the deer high or low?
I have a farm that i hunt in VA, and i have also hunted the National Forest in VA, both have MTNS on them, just like WVA(same mtns). When the season heats up and people are shooting in the bottoms the tops of the mtns and those benches will fill up with deer. The advantage is that if your not already up there on top by early morning, those deer are going to see and hear you coming long before you see them. They move all day up there too as long as there is no easy access by hunters. the trick on top is to get there early, pack a lunch and bring a light to get in and out, cause you can hang out up there all day and see deer, while your buddies down below see nothing. Its not easy, but i make the 2 hour walk up a mtn all the time and hunt all day, with a lot of success, while other guys i hunt with hunt the fields down low and dont see much cause the deer are feeling the pressure of the season and are hiding on top.
