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predator = big change in movement ?
« on: October 20, 2016, 02:31:18 PM »
hunted mon-wed  saw 10-12 deer bunch of turkey hand full of elk next two days nothing  so would have predator just moving through change movement that drastically wolf country  heard  theres been 6 pics of cats  couple bears

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Re: predator = big change in movement ?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 02:33:15 PM »
maybe, weather plays a role as well.



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Re: predator = big change in movement ?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 03:00:07 PM »
Possible.  Also very possible your three days of hunting (and any other hunters in the area) radically changed game distribution and behavior.
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: predator = big change in movement ?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 03:03:42 PM »
it was on on private one other hunter there only other thing i could think is the weather got better

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Re: predator = big change in movement ?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 03:11:48 PM »
I've had "vocal" wolves move into a few basins/draws in ID I hunt and the elk seemed to shut up pretty tight for a day or two.  Conversely, I have a series of trail cam pics of a natural mineral lick/meadow in ID from this year where there two wolves came in right at daylight, sniffed around in the area for a few minutes, left, and then a small group of elk came right in to the same spot within 15 minutes and spent most of the morning feeding and lying around.  Moose and various deer also visited that lick/meadow over the course of the day.  Not sure what that all means, but the ungulates weren't too spooked by the scent of the big dogs from what I could see in the pics.     
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