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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 3937529" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Mike, you make some good observations & points above. One thing I would add is that rutting bucks are much more active than female deer, and this is why we often see more bucks than does. And not only that, rutting bucks, even mature ones, often make very careless, stupid mistakes that you will seldom see a mature doe make.</p><p></p><p>We've often heard that herd dynamics are very localized and location specific. I would change this a bit and say even "spot" specific, such as the 150-yard radius around a specific "spot" that has had a high number of deer killed over the past few seasons. The deer, <em>PARTICULARLY THE FEMALE DEER</em>, learn to avoid these spots! As hunters, we can often have a total shift in our observations simply by being a little more mobile, and not hunting so much in our former favorite "spots" (assuming there have been several deer killed from those spots over the prior few years).</p><p></p><p>My take is the bumper acorn crop had a "multiplier" effect on the deer avoiding those more heavily hunted "spots" of the prior and current year.</p><p></p><p>Mike, let me ask you something: </p><p>Did not you somewhat experience this yourself this past season? Some of your great "spots" were yielding few deer sightings, but what happened when you relocated?</p><p></p><p>Another thing: I've noticed several otherwise experienced hunters make a big mistake regarding trail cams. They get a pic of a large antlered buck from a specific "spot". Then they're "disturbing" that spot even more, such as checking the cam, putting out more "attractants", etc. And to top it off, they then hunt the same stand over-looking that spot many times more frequently than they would have, had they not got a pic of that large antlered buck from that spot.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, in many cases they are making that spot among the least likely places to kill that particular buck because of their over-hunting <u>and over-disturbing </u>that spot. Even more amusing, although likely unbeknown to that particular hunter, many other hunters have also got pics of that same buck, often miles away, and each of them are making the same mistakes, hunting the same buck, just sabotaging different spots. I can laugh at some of these antics, as I'm also laughing at myself, having made this same mistake many times in the past. As a hunting tool, <u>use trail cam pics more to help you in your decisions regarding what to pass up</u>, <u>and less regarding the specific spot to hunt</u>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 3937529, member: 1409"] Mike, you make some good observations & points above. One thing I would add is that rutting bucks are much more active than female deer, and this is why we often see more bucks than does. And not only that, rutting bucks, even mature ones, often make very careless, stupid mistakes that you will seldom see a mature doe make. We've often heard that herd dynamics are very localized and location specific. I would change this a bit and say even "spot" specific, such as the 150-yard radius around a specific "spot" that has had a high number of deer killed over the past few seasons. The deer, [i]PARTICULARLY THE FEMALE DEER[/i], learn to avoid these spots! As hunters, we can often have a total shift in our observations simply by being a little more mobile, and not hunting so much in our former favorite "spots" (assuming there have been several deer killed from those spots over the prior few years). My take is the bumper acorn crop had a "multiplier" effect on the deer avoiding those more heavily hunted "spots" of the prior and current year. Mike, let me ask you something: Did not you somewhat experience this yourself this past season? Some of your great "spots" were yielding few deer sightings, but what happened when you relocated? Another thing: I've noticed several otherwise experienced hunters make a big mistake regarding trail cams. They get a pic of a large antlered buck from a specific "spot". Then they're "disturbing" that spot even more, such as checking the cam, putting out more "attractants", etc. And to top it off, they then hunt the same stand over-looking that spot many times more frequently than they would have, had they not got a pic of that large antlered buck from that spot. Unfortunately, in many cases they are making that spot among the least likely places to kill that particular buck because of their over-hunting [u]and over-disturbing [/u]that spot. Even more amusing, although likely unbeknown to that particular hunter, many other hunters have also got pics of that same buck, often miles away, and each of them are making the same mistakes, hunting the same buck, just sabotaging different spots. I can laugh at some of these antics, as I'm also laughing at myself, having made this same mistake many times in the past. As a hunting tool, [u]use trail cam pics more to help you in your decisions regarding what to pass up[/u], [u]and less regarding the specific spot to hunt[/u]. [/QUOTE]
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