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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5851082" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>That plus . . . . . .</p><p></p><p>Most of the deer hunters "want" to hunt where there is a "pretty" field, <em>AND</em> where they can see far enough to utilize the range of their guns (typically up to 200 yds). They also want to hunt where they see a lot of deer "sign", like tracks & rubs & scrapes. You'll find lots of "sign" in & around fields & food plots. <u>Most hunters just seem oblivious to the fact most of this sign is made at night</u>.</p><p></p><p>Being in one of these large private clubs, I can tell you, we do the pretty <u>cultivated</u> food plots more for the hunters than for the deer. Makes everybody <em>FEEL</em> good. Hunters do "see" more deer in & around those cultivated food plots, but they're mostly seeing young deer during daylight (as the older deer mainly just utilize them at night).</p><p></p><p>That said, the non-cultivated food plots (ugly as they may look to many hunters) are where the deer spend most of their daylight & nighttime (when in a feeding mode). What I'm talking about is acreage that may have had nothing done to it except for an annual mowing. </p><p></p><p>Nothing is planted. But these become year-round "natural" food plots of native grasses and forbs, like ragweed. Mother Nature offers a smorgasbord. All we have to do is disturb the soil, and make sure lots of sun can hit the ground. These particular food plots greatly out-produce our cultivated plots in terms of killing older bucks, and in terms of year-round deer food tonnage (mainly because we have more acreage in native plots/fields than in expensive, high-maintenance cultivated plots).</p><p></p><p>I will, however, try to kill any fescue and johnsongras that appears, wherever it appears. Neither is a native grass, and both are only harmful to wildlife (compared to native grasses & forbs).</p><p></p><p><strong>Most hunters "like" to hunt where they can "see", to the hunters, typically the farther the better, like to the limitations of one's rifle or shooting ability.</strong></p><p><strong>By contrast, older deer typically don't like to move where they're easily seen during daylight.</strong></p><p><strong>Most of their daytime movement is in places where human visibility is typically less than 35 yds (often a lot less than 35 yds!).</strong></p><p></p><p>Often, finding unpressured deer simply means staying away from fields & food plots, and instead opting to hunt thick places where you can't see very far. Commonly, the farther you get away from a field or food plot, the less pressured the deer, and the more they move around during daylight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5851082, member: 1409"] That plus . . . . . . Most of the deer hunters "want" to hunt where there is a "pretty" field, [I]AND[/I] where they can see far enough to utilize the range of their guns (typically up to 200 yds). They also want to hunt where they see a lot of deer "sign", like tracks & rubs & scrapes. You'll find lots of "sign" in & around fields & food plots. [U]Most hunters just seem oblivious to the fact most of this sign is made at night[/U]. Being in one of these large private clubs, I can tell you, we do the pretty [U]cultivated[/U] food plots more for the hunters than for the deer. Makes everybody [I]FEEL[/I] good. Hunters do "see" more deer in & around those cultivated food plots, but they're mostly seeing young deer during daylight (as the older deer mainly just utilize them at night). That said, the non-cultivated food plots (ugly as they may look to many hunters) are where the deer spend most of their daylight & nighttime (when in a feeding mode). What I'm talking about is acreage that may have had nothing done to it except for an annual mowing. Nothing is planted. But these become year-round "natural" food plots of native grasses and forbs, like ragweed. Mother Nature offers a smorgasbord. All we have to do is disturb the soil, and make sure lots of sun can hit the ground. These particular food plots greatly out-produce our cultivated plots in terms of killing older bucks, and in terms of year-round deer food tonnage (mainly because we have more acreage in native plots/fields than in expensive, high-maintenance cultivated plots). I will, however, try to kill any fescue and johnsongras that appears, wherever it appears. Neither is a native grass, and both are only harmful to wildlife (compared to native grasses & forbs). [B]Most hunters "like" to hunt where they can "see", to the hunters, typically the farther the better, like to the limitations of one's rifle or shooting ability. By contrast, older deer typically don't like to move where they're easily seen during daylight. Most of their daytime movement is in places where human visibility is typically less than 35 yds (often a lot less than 35 yds!).[/B] Often, finding unpressured deer simply means staying away from fields & food plots, and instead opting to hunt thick places where you can't see very far. Commonly, the farther you get away from a field or food plot, the less pressured the deer, and the more they move around during daylight. [/QUOTE]
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