Would be an interesting field experiment to see if a plot of land where the owner walked daily around the property in normally laundered clothes, shoes, etc resulted in less deer anxiety come hunting season. Especially if it was a specific laundry detergent or cologne.MUP,
I don't know why vehicle traffic doesn't scare deer long term, but it doesn't, especially if traffic in that area is common. Kind of like how deer become completely accustomed to a farmer working his fields. They see and smell him there all the time and he never does them any harm. I've even noticed deer do not react to my smell as much around the food plots I work in regularly.
Expanding from this and a little off topic....I don't hunt food plots, except during early season, but I bought a coyote howl call for about $12. I started using this if there were deer in the field and shooting light was gone. I'd hit that thing and the deer left the field immediately and I'm able to get down and leave without a worry in the world. That thing has helped tremendously and naturally...just an FYIAlong the same lines as ATV and vehicle traffic.....a buddy of mine who guided hunters on private farm land would tell hunters to stay on stand or in the blind until he pulled into the plot to pick them up....he always wanted to bump the deer out of the plot with the farm truck verses hunters climbing down and spooking deer from plot.
What a great idea. I need to get one of those.Expanding from this and a little off topic....I don't hunt food plots, except during early season, but I bought a coyote howl call for about $12. I started using this if there were deer in the field and shooting light was gone. I'd hit that thing and the deer left the field immediately and I'm able to get down and leave without a worry in the world. That thing has helped tremendously and naturally...just an FYI
Expanding from this and a little off topic....I don't hunt food plots, except during early season, but I bought a coyote howl call for about $12. I started using this if there were deer in the field and shooting light was gone. I'd hit that thing and the deer left the field immediately and I'm able to get down and leave without a worry in the world. That thing has helped tremendously and naturally...just an FYI
Quit using cameras 10 years ago they will break your heart .Cellular isn't an option. Do you only pull cards when you hunt the site or do you make it a point to pull all of your cards say after a morning sit and then use the info to go from there??
When using cameras, as long as you aren't using them with the mindset of "this is going to help me kill that buck", you won't get you're heart broken. A lot of hunters have this view, and that's totally fine, but I can tell you that if I had that view, I'd have my heart broken over ten times a year on bucks I'd like to shoot. But I don't use cameras to help me do anything other than to know what caliber of bucks are in the area, determining what phase of the rut we are in by overlooking scrapes and the daylight activity they are showing me (and use that info year after year). The only exception to this would be in the early season when deer are a little more predictable, but that's it. Just use it to have fun and see what's out there, at the least. They can teach us a lot.....but they can't teach us how to hunt. Best of luck!Quit using cameras 10 years ago they will break your heart .