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Deer #3 WI mortality study

Unread postby cbigbear » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:50 am

When reading the WI study & in particular the adult male seasonal movement section, a lot of hunting related questions came to mind.

http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat ... vement.pdf

It appears this buck spent his early fall - early winter relating to a 1 yr old cutover as you can see by the telemetry points. I'm guessing a 1 yr old cut would be his main food source & he was bedding in the adjacent marsh for cover, what do you think?

His seasonal range varied by 3 miles are more & the time frame was Jan - April by the lake & then May - Dec by the cut over. Late winter scouting would have yield zero beds in his cutover core area. When dealing with seasonal bucks like this, seems only in season scouting will work to locate beds.

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Re: Deer #3 WI mortality study

Unread postby dan » Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:13 am

I dissagree... When I do my main spring scouting I am not really looking for fresh buck beds... I am looking at beds that were made during hunting season. And yes, you can still see them, especially in areas where they are preserved under the snow.
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Re: Deer #3 WI mortality study

Unread postby cbigbear » Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:20 am

dan wrote:I dissagree... When I do my main spring scouting I am not really looking for fresh buck beds... I am looking at beds that were made during hunting season. And yes, you can still see them, especially in areas where they are preserved under the snow.



True I didn't think about the snow & harsher winters. I don't have enough experience yet with beds down here to know if a 3-4 mth old bed would show up.
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Re: Deer #3 WI mortality study

Unread postby dan » Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:26 am

cbigbear wrote:
dan wrote:I dissagree... When I do my main spring scouting I am not really looking for fresh buck beds... I am looking at beds that were made during hunting season. And yes, you can still see them, especially in areas where they are preserved under the snow.



True I didn't think about the snow & harsher winters. I don't have enough experience yet with beds down here to know if a 3-4 mth old bed would show up.

Beds or no beds, once you get good at buck bedding, you will be able to look at a woods and know where the buck beds are without even looking... You should see the looks I get when I scout for clients and tell them there will be a buck bed by a distant tree or log and then walk them to it and show em...
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Re: Deer #3 WI mortality study

Unread postby cbigbear » Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:45 am

dan wrote:
cbigbear wrote:
dan wrote:I dissagree... When I do my main spring scouting I am not really looking for fresh buck beds... I am looking at beds that were made during hunting season. And yes, you can still see them, especially in areas where they are preserved under the snow.



True I didn't think about the snow & harsher winters. I don't have enough experience yet with beds down here to know if a 3-4 mth old bed would show up.

Beds or no beds, once you get good at buck bedding, you will be able to look at a woods and know where the buck beds are without even looking... You should see the looks I get when I scout for clients and tell them there will be a buck bed by a distant tree or log and then walk them to it and show em...


Yeah bro that's the problem I'm not even good at READING about buck bedding yet, but I'm working on it!!!! You ever thought about visiting S Louisiana, deer hunting sucks, but the hog hunting & food is great.

Actually I don't think the deer down here in our big woods have seasonal movement patterns. The food & cover is everywhere pressure probably tightens movement some, but my guess is mature bucks stay in a core area year around.


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