Re: Ok so it's dark, well past legal shooting/hunting time..
PillsburyDoughboy":1yddmowq said:
I guess the big question is why are you still there past legal shooting /hunting time?
I just move as quickly, quietly and directly as I can when moving out of my blind/stand when I know deer are in the area. There is no way to totally avoid them. They are going to know you are there to some degree.
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Waiting for the deer to leave, doh!
Happens pretty much every time I go, I'm used to it now. I'm just hoping for the big 10 point to come out, no luck yet.
What I do now, is just climb down as quietly as possible and then walk away on the opposite side where the deer usually are. Sometimes the spook, sometimes not. They seem to come back the next day, so no big loss.
I walked in the other day, got half way across the field and only then noticed that there was a deer in the field already. Successfully made it to the shooting house and climbed in and they never moved or apparently noticed.
I also have a problem with one of my cats stalking deer. I've seen it several times, but the last time I was able to take some pics of it happening. Not sure what I should do about that.....
Here are some of the pics:
In this pic, you can see my kitty to the right of the walnut tree in the center of the pic. The 6 point is to the left of the walnut, near the tree line in the background.
This pic shows the deer reacting to my kitty, the kitty is just barely visible just right of the walnut. The deer just acted curious more than anything.
Best pic I have of his rack:
And he kept coming in, as you can see from this pic: