#2003223 - 07/22/10 08:06 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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pastorbmp
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When I saw the topic, I thought you were wondering who deer hunted without spending a bunch of money!!!!
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#2003304 - 07/22/10 09:00 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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A "pocket" is not a sanctuary. A pocket away from the "main stream" is an emergency area after the "sanctuaries" have been found out by many roaming hunters. These areas are very often avoided by MOST hunters.
"These areas are very often avoided by MOST hunters." And that's how we locate these pockets--by finding areas where other hunters have not been hunting, for whatever reason.
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#2003628 - 07/22/10 12:48 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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old home places or deserted barns are great places to look. Deer even bed in dozer piles and within sight of major highways.....
most times, if you can get an aerial (got to love those things) of the place and simply pick the one place that you would never hunt, then hunt it...lol.
seriously.......
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#2003651 - 07/22/10 01:02 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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...simply pick the one place that you would never hunt, then hunt it...lol.
seriously.......
Exactly right.
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#2003663 - 07/22/10 01:15 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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MRUTVOL
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...simply pick the one place that you would never hunt, then hunt it...lol.
seriously....... Exactly right.
Ditto......
This idea of hunting undisturbed areas is nothing new. Any seasoned deer hunter should know this is a good option to take when deer seem to get scarce. I have used this technique for 20 plus years. It can definately be rewarding. Had a trapper once tell me about jumpiing this big buck a couple times in a briar patch that was along his trapline route so I decided to check it out. Sure enough he was there the day I checked it but got busted before I could get into position for a shot. He never showed back there again. Once discovered they will most likey leave it after being detected so you better take advantage of the one chance you may get.
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#2003786 - 07/22/10 02:55 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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Although this is a bit more detailed than most hunters want to deal with, and is only useful for clubs or groups of hunters that hunt collectively, to help identify "where no one has been hunting," we lay a grid over a map of a hunting property, and each time a hunter hunts and records their deer observation data they also include the number of the grid they were hunting in. Over time, even across years, hunting pressure can be assessed grid by grid to locate those grids no one has been hunting in. These become primary hunting targets in following years.
For quite a few years I've been keeping track of hunter success using this technique, and analyzing hunter deer sighting rates compared to how much time has been spent hunting in that grid in previous years. I found a very, very strong correlation between the sighting rate of mature bucks and grids that have been hunted little or not at all over the previous three years. In essence, the less that grid has been hunted over the previous three years, the better a hunters chance of seeing a mature buck while hunting there. And I mean MUCH better.
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#2003787 - 07/22/10 03:00 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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mossyhorns300
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Awesome info BSK. What size grid do you use for scale on the map? Guess it matters on the size of the map.
I'd really like to try this on our place.
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#2003790 - 07/22/10 03:01 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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Awesome info BSK. What size grid do you use for scale on the map? Guess it matters on the size of the map.
I'd really like to try this on our place.
Depends on the size of the property, but personally I like squares that are 200 yards by 200 yards.
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#2003791 - 07/22/10 03:02 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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mossyhorns300
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Oh ok. Our property is 900 acres.
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