Ain't that the truth! Last season hunting the exact same stand, thinking it's late season and won't see anything, all of a sudden boom! There he was!
And, it did. Only saw 1 deer this morning, at 6:30 or so, and shot him. 10 pt.
They're in the Gen forum!
When this man says something you can bank on it !
I sent you both some!
Yes sir. But that isn't the norm out there for sure. Usually the first two weeks of Nov are the buck sighting/shooting days, and after that sightings drop off drastically. I just figure the few does on my place get bred in those few days and then there's no real draw there to pull in other bucks. But yes, last season there was apparently a late doe and he was following her up the ridge when I shot him.
I've been called as much as a liar and that I must not know how to hunt before when I posted that I've hunted all day on my property and not seen a single deer. Thought it was just an East TN thing.
I had a lease in Middle Tn. for over 20 years. [Giles, Lawrence Co.] I gave it up several years ago because it was becoming a hassle. Long drive, trespassers, dogs, etc.Thought it was just an East TN thing.
I've been called as much as a liar and that must not know how to hunt before when I posted that I've hunted all day on my property and not seen a single deer. Definitely an East TN thing.
Thing is, they just aren't in that particular area it turns out. They move, and just aren't in that area at that particular point in time. The deer numbers are low to start with around my area, and sometimes they just don't get around to the stand I happen to be in on a particular day. I moved over the hill from Friday evenings hunt, about 300 yds, for the next morning hunt, and killed a good buck. Small numbers of deer are just harder to pinpoint on the section of land I own to be within sight of where they're traveling on any particular morning or evening. Also, I don't scout this property bc I've owned and hunted it for years, and basically have already scouted it and hung stands on oak ridges and on travel corridors, so it's really about just hunting the wind in a stand that works for that wind direction mostly at this point. But yes, I still have deer come in from downwind from time to time.
LOL, I know my property like the back of my hand. It's just 60 acres and i've lived on it for 20 years.
I saw my spike, running wide open past me chasing a doe the last Sat of ML, I'm talking within a couple feet of me while on the ground!
