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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5370125" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Think food. During spring into mid summer everything is growing green almost everywhere except deep forest. In the woods the greenest thing is the canopy, which is way above a deer's reach. That canopy blocks sun to forest floor so not much growing on the ground. But in the open where sun hits, everything is lush green. So that's where deer will be. </p><p></p><p>In late summer everything begins turning woody and/or dying. By fall, acorns are about to drop and branch tips will be shedding old leaves to sprout new buds that will become leaves next spring. Fields are now barren of green. So deer move inward, following the food. And they find the highest concentration of food in thickets where there are plentiful bud tips within reach. </p><p></p><p>By winter's end all the acorns and buds have been gobbled up just in time for spring to flush the world with green again. And the cycle repeats. Next time you're sitting in a stand watching a field in November, or in the big woods where you can see a hundred yards every direction, and you're not seeing deer, think about food. Deer move just as much in daylight year round regardless of season. Their stomach demands it. The only thing that changes is where they move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5370125, member: 20583"] Think food. During spring into mid summer everything is growing green almost everywhere except deep forest. In the woods the greenest thing is the canopy, which is way above a deer's reach. That canopy blocks sun to forest floor so not much growing on the ground. But in the open where sun hits, everything is lush green. So that's where deer will be. In late summer everything begins turning woody and/or dying. By fall, acorns are about to drop and branch tips will be shedding old leaves to sprout new buds that will become leaves next spring. Fields are now barren of green. So deer move inward, following the food. And they find the highest concentration of food in thickets where there are plentiful bud tips within reach. By winter's end all the acorns and buds have been gobbled up just in time for spring to flush the world with green again. And the cycle repeats. Next time you're sitting in a stand watching a field in November, or in the big woods where you can see a hundred yards every direction, and you're not seeing deer, think about food. Deer move just as much in daylight year round regardless of season. Their stomach demands it. The only thing that changes is where they move. [/QUOTE]
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