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Strange deer activity!
« on: October 21, 2009, 08:30:46 PM »
Hey all, I just want to share what I've experianced the last 4-5 days. Well I'm fortunate enough to have a father inlaw who owns 150 wooded acres with a few nice 10-20 acre clear cuts on it with a bunch of old growth on the rest and I always see deer out there no matter what. I bow hunt for both deer and elk and this past early season I saw some nice bucks out there, one that was a huge 4 point. I tryed but couldn't get within bow range. So to my question. My 12 year old boy is hunting for his 2nd year and we have gone out in this private land every day since opening day and have not seen a single deer anywhere out there. Our weather has been perfect hunting weather and still nothing. I'm just absolutely shocked over this and don't know why there isn't any movement going on. There's no one else hunting out there so hunting pressure is not a issue. Could there be something causing these deer to stay in their beds or what. I've been hunting for quite a few years and I've never seen this. I feel bad for my son because he thinks it's him but I try to reassure him that it is not him but the deer acting really wierd. Any advise would really help. Thanks guys!!
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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 08:36:11 PM »
P.M. sent

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 08:41:26 PM »
PM not received yet
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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 08:44:41 PM »
Did it go through??

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 08:48:27 PM »
Hey thanks Adna ya I got it. What causes this, do you have any idea because i've never seen this at least back on our propery.
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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 10:44:36 PM »
why such the secret??????   

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 10:48:57 PM »
Ya I want to know!

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 10:55:28 PM »
SUPER SECRET PM SENT.... Don't show it to anyone else man. We don't want the secret to get out about why deer are hard to find on private acreage of 100-500 acres during rifle season. Its what separates the average hunter from the elite.

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 11:02:15 PM »
I think I know. First you eat three mushrooms, get a baseball bat spin 20 times, then do a hand stand for 5 minutes and the deer will come out. DONT TELL ANYONE! :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 11:22:42 PM »
*censored*Cats?

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2009, 11:36:46 PM »
well for whitetails, this is one of the worst months to hunt whitetails, they hunker down, called the Oct lull, its a quiet period just before the rutting frenzy begins

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2009, 11:46:42 PM »
Test, Test, this is just a Test.  We can't say *censored*cat, like in Cougar on here?

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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2009, 11:47:30 PM »
Blacktails are in the chasing phase of the pre-rut right now.  Been seeing bucks daily for the past four days between 7:30-9:30 AM, but mostly smaller guys out testing the ladies patience.  The bigger bucks will get more active as the weekend and next week progress.  Stay after it but given the size of the property, I'd see if you can watch from a distance rather than bugger it up with scent and pressure.  150 acres isn't a big area.  :twocents:
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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2009, 06:40:07 AM »
Its been a weird season so far. I have seen very few blacktails, they are doing most of their moving at night. I think its a combination of weather and low deer numbers in general. I have a buddy who has been hunting the watershed all week and has only seen 9 deer, and about half of those were in the road in the dark! You would think with the shi*&y rainy weather their would be deer all over. I bet the last few days are going to get pretty good......I hope
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Re: Strange deer activity!
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2009, 07:20:00 AM »
Been up in the Manastash/Taneum quite a bit in October and have seen VERY FEW deer. During opening weekend it was even worse and ZERO deer were hanging in the camps that I saw.  :dunno:
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