Been hunting this small farm for 3 years and still have never seen a consistent pattern except in summer. Anyone else have this issue?
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Ever hunt a property where deer are hard to pattern
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Ever hunt a property where deer are hard to pattern
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Re: Ever hunt a property where deer are hard to pattern
I hunt a lot of small farms The patterns change from year to year. Often the patterns cycle every three years. I think it takes more than 3 years to really understand what is going on.
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Re: Ever hunt a property where deer are hard to pattern
I think the farm I am referring to is, part or a lot of it is due to the crops in certain close by areas not being harvested. Some are harvested and some corn is still standing. Either way, in 3 years, I have never seen either does or bucks follow a reliable pattern after September. In the other areas I hunt which are much bigger, the deer seem to be much more predictable. Not sure why this is. I am seeing that it appears the area is getting more pressure than I originally thought it was but the 42 acres I am hunting isn't getting hit that hard unless people are sneaking in when I am not around. It's a total mystery to me.
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42 acres is tiny to a deer. I doubt you will have any type of pattern on acreage that small that is pressured too.
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I hunt a piece of public where the deer don't have a pattern. All they do is meander around. I've never found a bed and there is no food source. I've been hunting there for 4 years and I have records of deer all throughout the day all during archery
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Re: Ever hunt a property where deer are hard to pattern
In wolf country deer have learned to not pattern. That is why Trad can't find the pattern. The only slight pattern I ever saw was 1 stand through a cut over. Does run in at 9-10 AM and seem to head to a swamp with hemlocks in it. This is where there are wolves though. Down here I don't see much pattern except 1 hr before dark. They seem more consistent on windy days and cold or damp weather when noone seems to be in te woods. On nice days their pattern is they just hold tight till dark!! Those are the days you are more likely to get one on the way home.
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