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HUGE bed??

Unread postby 76chevy » Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:21 am

I found a huge fresh bed in the snow on Friday in a known buck bedding area

It was about 6 feet long and around 2-3 feet or so wide like usual--the length of the thing is what shocked me, never seen one like it before

could it be two bucks bedding right next to one another??


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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby wmihunter » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:20 am

my guess is he repositioned himself several times
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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby dan » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:40 am

wmihunter wrote:my guess is he repositioned himself several times

I would agree. Or an elk.
If you look close at a bed in the snow you should be able to see marks where the front legs are positioned, as well as the hind. With mutiple beds in the same spot, or repositioning you should either see multiple front leg indents, or everything packed down too large for a deer.
When you find a bed, take the time to look close to figure out how it was positioned in the bed, where its legs were, and where its facing based on the clues given.
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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby 76chevy » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:23 am

thanks guys

there are no elk in the area, so it must be repositioning

it is an awesome bedding area they bed in all year long

it has all the right stuff to make it great for them to bed in, wide open woods which give them visibility, a couple ways in/out, several good escape routes, great scent detection with a w/sw wind....


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wmihunter wrote:my guess is he repositioned himself several times

I would agree. Or an elk.
If you look close at a bed in the snow you should be able to see marks where the front legs are positioned, as well as the hind. With mutiple beds in the same spot, or repositioning you should either see multiple front leg indents, or everything packed down too large for a deer.
When you find a bed, take the time to look close to figure out how it was positioned in the bed, where its legs were, and where its facing based on the clues given.
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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby 76chevy » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:26 am

this guy bedded in there all summer and I jumped him up once during gun season there

I saw him after our season ended so I know he made it through this year

I would guess 2.5 this year and 3.5 next year? What do you think?

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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby 76chevy » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:27 am

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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby 76chevy » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:30 am

note dates are NOT correct, these are from summer 2010

the large single bed I found is most likely from this deer :D :D
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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby dan » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:37 am

2 Y/O in the picture. 8-)
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Re: HUGE bed??

Unread postby wmihunter » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:54 pm

nice 2 year old!


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