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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5561316" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Could be just ebbs and flows of property dynamics. One example is browse. An area of saplings with buds 2'-3' off the ground will next year be above a deer's head, out of reach. To us it'll still look like a thicket but the way the deer use the area will completely change. I see similar situations with forbs. Seems every year it's a different weed dominating the landscape, and that alone will majorly alter deer activity. I guess the most obvious example is hard mast. This past year was horrible acorn production and look how it affected deer habits. It's even more evident now after season has ended. Deer are out all day long in the wide open grazing like cattle. That's not their nature. They just didn't get enough energy reserves from acorns to pull them through winter, so they're scrounging to stay alive. </p><p></p><p>Point being, while I have zero doubt hunting pressure and human presence negatively affect deer activity, we can't ignore that environmental conditions play maybe an even bigger role in deer being here today and there tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5561316, member: 20583"] Could be just ebbs and flows of property dynamics. One example is browse. An area of saplings with buds 2'-3' off the ground will next year be above a deer's head, out of reach. To us it'll still look like a thicket but the way the deer use the area will completely change. I see similar situations with forbs. Seems every year it's a different weed dominating the landscape, and that alone will majorly alter deer activity. I guess the most obvious example is hard mast. This past year was horrible acorn production and look how it affected deer habits. It's even more evident now after season has ended. Deer are out all day long in the wide open grazing like cattle. That's not their nature. They just didn't get enough energy reserves from acorns to pull them through winter, so they're scrounging to stay alive. Point being, while I have zero doubt hunting pressure and human presence negatively affect deer activity, we can't ignore that environmental conditions play maybe an even bigger role in deer being here today and there tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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