I have 120 acres of land up in Jackson Country, Up until last weekend a typically sit I saw 3-5 deer (does). Hunted Last Thur-Sat and saw no Deer the land is fully wooded and no baits in the area I no of. I am surrounded by all fully wooded private land with land locked county forest behind us.
Any Idea ?
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Re: deer gone nocturanl
Are you over hunting it? Deer will pattern us better than we can pattern them.
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BCam wrote:Are you over hunting it? Deer will pattern us better than we can pattern them.
very good point bc ....i hunt my land only three or four times and hunt public to strech it out and not to burn out my good privet land .....scent is a big factor
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I agree on the over hunting, you may need to move around a little on your own ground and see if the deer have moved a little according to your movements.
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muddy wrote:I agree on the over hunting, you may need to move around a little on your own ground and see if the deer have moved a little according to your movements.
X2..
you might even try hunting different times of the day than you normally would. Some of the land i hunt, people hunt until 2 hrs after light and 2 hrs before dark till dark. If i hunt it, i hunt those hours in between... never shot anything there but i see deer movement when others on the property don't and had a few close calls. Not saying it will work but it may be worth trying... i still believe hunting it too much is the biggest factor.
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Re: deer gone nocturanl
tHE DOES SEEM TO BE IN HIDING RIGHT NOW, and the bucks have been moving late in the evenings and only the 1st couple hours in the am... I have been having good buck sigtings but not does...
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