What puts deer on edge in October?
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What puts deer on edge in October?
We have all heard the term "October lull", but what do you guys think is the real reason for less sightings of mature bucks in October?
Hunting pressure?
I heard one theory, saying with all the trees losing their leaves right now, the deer don't like all that commotion in the woods, it puts them on edge with leaves dropping everywhere they look, makes it hard to pick out danger moving around, so they just hang tight until night time where they can just use their sense of smell.......
I don't know, what do you guys think? I know some people will say they still see deer in October, but it seems to me, they are the minority...
Hunting pressure?
I heard one theory, saying with all the trees losing their leaves right now, the deer don't like all that commotion in the woods, it puts them on edge with leaves dropping everywhere they look, makes it hard to pick out danger moving around, so they just hang tight until night time where they can just use their sense of smell.......
I don't know, what do you guys think? I know some people will say they still see deer in October, but it seems to me, they are the minority...
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Hunters starting out hunting summer patterns and not switching to fall patterns when the deer do.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Pressure
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Jackson Marsh wrote:Pressure
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Yup
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Dewey wrote:Jackson Marsh wrote:Pressure
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Yup
I agree to a point, but I have 60 acres of private that only my brother, his boy, and me hunt.... We have before not hunted until the middle of October and it is dead quiet, until the last few days of October, than it ramps up quickly.... So I don't understand that, with nobody putting any pressure on the woods, and it still is very quiet...
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
If its ag ground, think about all the changes taking place right now. Harvest, loss of food, cover in woods and out etc etc.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
dreaming bucks wrote:Dewey wrote:Jackson Marsh wrote:Pressure
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Yup
I agree to a point, but I have 60 acres of private that only my brother, his boy, and me hunt.... We have before not hunted until the middle of October and it is dead quiet, until the last few days of October, than it ramps up quickly.... So I don't understand that, with nobody putting any pressure on the woods, and it still is very quiet...
Changing food sources and mature bucks becoming less social with bachelor groups separating also come into play.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
I think the summer to fall patterns are the big answer but it must be a combination of things.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
How about, they are saving up their energy because they know what's coming in a few weeks?
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Jackson Marsh wrote:Pressure
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Completely agree
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Combo of food & pressure.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
After this next low pressure cell, things should start to get exciting.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
The same stuff they put in Soylent Green is my guess.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Rapidly changing conditions, leaf drop, pressure, crop harvest, bare woods, less places to hide.
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Re: What puts deer on edge in October?
Changing food source, chemical and biological changes within the deer themselves, leaf drop, changing cover, pressure to a certain extent (I've had the pleasure of hunting areas that have no pressure and it happens there just the same).
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