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It doesnt make sense. I have a big pear tree that is loaded and has loaded the ground with pears. A few are eaten and i can see some tracks around the tree, but there are a LOT on the ground untouched. I have a nice clover field with a trickle of sign. BUT my food plot of WW and DER is wore out! I dont get it.... crazy deer.
 
Not sure....plenty of other food for them out there this year...thats for sure.

The fruits from our pear trees were all eaten up about 2 months ago.
 
Usually the wear them out. My tree usually keeps them on into winter as well. But they are like ball bearing on the ground! a few bites out of them but not as much traffic as i expected.
 
I have been seeing a lot more bees this year. Just a thought that maybe they are eating food without the bee pressure first.
 
You never know. Keep an eye on them. The deer may hit them hard for a 3-4 day period....like a turn of a switch. You may be able to capitalize on the opportunity if they do.
 
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Zero in on the mast bearing trees in your area, you'll find the deer. I found a few trees last weekend that had muddy circles for 20 yards around them. Lots of acorns in most places, but eventually they will taper off and they'll hit other foods.
 
they are wearing the acorns out, and my WW DER plot. but not clovers fields, pear and wild pear trees. I guess the have a picky pallet this year....
 
Too many acorns available. Also, so much food that they don't have to concentrate on a single source. After all, they prefer variety when it comes to forage.
 
TS_13 said:
Very true! better than drought years!
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I hear that!

Although a bumper acorn crop can make hunting difficult (food is everywhere), for the health of the herd, I'll take a big acorn year over an acorn bust year anytime!
 
BSK said:
We should see some astounding body weights this year.
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And higher kill rates on older, and larger antlered deer in the near future.
I figure a lot of deer will survive this year that normally wouldn't. They should also have some extra body development which in turn should lead to better antler growth.
 
bucknasty said:
BSK said:
We should see some astounding body weights this year.
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And higher kill rates on older, and larger antlered deer in the near future.
I figure a lot of deer will survive this year that normally wouldn't. They should also have some extra body development which in turn should lead to better antler growth.
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I agree with this. Unless we have a disastrous spring and summer, next year will have some healthy deer with some nice racks. They should come through the winter in better condition than I may have ever seen. As long as they get some good nutrition next year, more can go into antler development assuming they are not filling up on someones corn pile. To get big racks they have to have the right food along with other things but good body condition is a good start.
 
They're tearing up my marijuana, but they must have gotten burnt out on my coca plants. Just kidding. The pairs and quints that they didn't eat, I picked up and froze. I'll use them in late season camera surveys.
 
They didn't mess with my soybeans this summer, but during certain weeks when a lot of fronts have come through, they've raped them for a day or two. Then nothing. Same with the wheat.
 

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