Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

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Re: Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

Unread postby Tapeworm » Sun May 17, 2015 1:38 pm

Bears walking thru, bedding down in front of stand, bear cubs playing/wrestling, bears trailing me to my tree like a bloodhound.
Also mosquitoes after I realized I dropped my thermacell on walk in.

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Unread postby JoeRE » Mon May 18, 2015 12:27 am

I think a flock of turkeys roosting around me has ruined a hunt more often than anything else. Deer don't seem to like the ruckus.


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Unread postby DaveT1963 » Tue May 19, 2015 6:18 am

Pigs! Deer do not tolerate pigs very well and I have had more places ruined by hogs moving in then anything else. Coyotes probably have the most effect though as they kill a lot of fawns and older deer. I shoot both whenever I get the chance. There are places down here that are completely overrun with both.
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Unread postby Bigb » Tue May 19, 2015 12:09 pm

I'm going to say squirrels. This year I was busted at least twice by squirrels, once where one was 8 feet away on a branch barking at me non stop and a doe picked out my silloutte and another time I had two chasing on the tree next to me and get the attention of a group of does, once eventually figured me out because to it and they got out of there. Last year it was a squirrel that sat on my gun barrel while it was hanging on the tree. Didnt see him until he was on the barrel since I was looking the opposite direction. He jumped off the barrel and sat 4 feet from me and barked for 3 solid minutes. I eventually threw a heating pad at him and he got out of there.

I've had aggressive hawks ad owls scare me enough that i yelled "Jesus!". Ive been mistake for a small critter more than once. The owl that came at my head and pulled up about 2 feet from my head made sure that every deer within 200 yards knew I was there. Startled me pretty bad but hindsight it was pretty funny.
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Unread postby Florida » Wed May 20, 2015 4:26 am

Armadillo! Worse than squirrels when it comes to making a racket in the woods.

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Unread postby cbigbear » Wed May 20, 2015 4:30 am

Another vote for hogs, here. They don't only ruin hunts they destroy habitat. I've seen areas that looked like a bomb hit.

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Unread postby Gibby » Wed May 20, 2015 12:52 pm

Coyotes, Dogs, Cattle and Matriarch Does have been my biggest hunt wreckers, besides people that is :shock:
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Unread postby dan » Thu May 21, 2015 4:32 am

Does anybody remember watching my hill country hunt where I shot the 14 pointer on the water hole?

I shot that buck "because" of a squirrel.... It was extremely quiet with hardly a breeze when the buck came in and he walked right to the base of my tree to drink and was really nervous... I was sure that as soon as I drew my bow he would catch me... Then a squirrel made a noise on the other end of the pond and the buck locked on the squirrel giving me a chance to pull t6he bow back.
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Re: Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Thu May 21, 2015 5:13 am

Squirells down here bark at old bucks... They don't seem to like them at all..... I've been alerted to approaching deer by squirrels many times

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Unread postby Darin » Thu May 21, 2015 5:31 pm

dan wrote:Does anybody remember watching my hill country hunt where I shot the 14 pointer on the water hole?

I shot that buck "because" of a squirrel.... It was extremely quiet with hardly a breeze when the buck came in and he walked right to the base of my tree to drink and was really nervous... I was sure that as soon as I drew my bow he would catch me... Then a squirrel made a noise on the other end of the pond and the buck locked on the squirrel giving me a chance to pull t6he bow back.

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Re: Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

Unread postby Dewey » Thu May 21, 2015 7:11 pm

One critter I forgot to mention as far as ruining my hunt is beavers. Can't tell you how many times after a long hike I arrived at the exact tree I marked while scouting which was in the pefect spot and find it chewed down. Since I am most times in or near water this happens quite often. Most times I can adjust to another tree but there have been times where it looked like a dang clear cut with multiple trees down. :doh:

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Re: Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

Unread postby Steve Heiting » Fri May 22, 2015 2:21 am

I can't believe nobody has mentioned wolves. If they come through, you can forget about deer at that stand for at least a few hours, if not days. Also, bears and coyotes.

Otherwise, deer in the northwoods seem pretty tolerant of everything else in the woods.
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Re: Critters & wildlife that ruin deer hunts?

Unread postby Swampbuck » Fri May 22, 2015 10:51 am

Hogs, found good spots before that went dead cold cause hogs moved in

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Unread postby justdirtyfun » Tue May 26, 2015 1:30 pm

Those hogs sound like trouble. Hate hearing all the destruction they cause.

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