BSK ,I would say youre right ,My situation is all Ag and little hardwoods ,all red oaks pretty much ,alot of native browse also,such as blacberries and honey suckle. the deer have mowed down about two rows of beans all the way around his fields that border the hardwood swamp,on a good evening you can see 20 to 30 deer feeding in that area . This seems to be the case most years down here. what makes it better hunting for me is when my uncle cant plant the area right next to the hardwood cause its to wet down there. it will then get taken over by tall grass and it gives the deer not such a hard edge and some security cover .that seems pull them out just before dark better.
I got some mature sawtooths that i can see from my bedroom and the deer are hitting them pretty much all day.antlers seem to be going hard here ,got a few still in velvet. not seing the mature bucks that i saw earlier this year . never do but I don't believe they have left town completly just expanded there range,they still visit every once in a while ,just not as often .would You consider that behavior a range shift?
