west side blacktail habitat question

[webbspinner]

I know what you mean, I am looking for a spot to sit, timber or reprod?  any preference you guys have found , pros and cons maybe.  seeing alot of sign in the reprod, but very close quarters in there

[PolarBear]

Timber!

[billythekidrock]

Trying to "jump" a deer and then take pot shots at it as it bounds off is a stupid idea!    That is the best way to wound and lose an animal IMO.  I have found that sitting and waiting in timber will serve you a lot better than trying to push them out.  You might find a bunch of sign in clearcuts but they were probably made at night or in the very early or late hours of the day.  

While I agree that pot shots are a bad idea, I spent many years pushing deer in the thick stuff.  Heard more than I saw, but I always ended up with a deer every year. I think it just depends on the area and your level of experience.

[PolarBear]

Trying to "jump" a deer and then take pot shots at it as it bounds off is a stupid idea!    That is the best way to wound and lose an animal IMO.  I have found that sitting and waiting in timber will serve you a lot better than trying to push them out.  You might find a bunch of sign in clearcuts but they were probably made at night or in the very early or late hours of the day.  

While I agree that pot shots are a bad idea, I spent many years pushing deer in the thick stuff.  Heard more than I saw, but I always ended up with a deer every year. I think it just depends on the area and your level of experience.

No doubt but there is a difference between pushing them out and jumping them.  If you push them right you can get them to move out of their hidey holes without them being at a dead run. If a buck is on the move but not flat out running or "bounding" off I see no problem with a competent person taking a shot.  I was thinking of the folks that I see at Vail shooting at a button buck running mach 5.   

[billythekidrock]

Trying to "jump" a deer and then take pot shots at it as it bounds off is a stupid idea!    That is the best way to wound and lose an animal IMO.  I have found that sitting and waiting in timber will serve you a lot better than trying to push them out.  You might find a bunch of sign in clearcuts but they were probably made at night or in the very early or late hours of the day.  

While I agree that pot shots are a bad idea, I spent many years pushing deer in the thick stuff.  Heard more than I saw, but I always ended up with a deer every year. I think it just depends on the area and your level of experience.

No doubt but there is a difference between pushing them out and jumping them.  If you push them right you can get them to move out of their hidey holes without them being at a dead run. If a buck is on the move but not flat out running or "bounding" off I see no problem with a competent person taking a shot.  I was thinking of the folks that I see at Vail shooting at a button buck running mach 5.  

I hear ya. Very subtle differences. I am thinking about the areas where you would never get a shot at Mach 5. Most times you never even saw the deer.....only heard a "thump" as it leaves it's bed.