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I have always wondered just how smart bucks are. Are they hard to get because they are so smart, or are they simply a lot rarer because they are the prime target of hunters and there simply are fewer. I have to admit that I have seen some rather big bucks do some absolutely dumb things. Usually that is related to the rut when they are controlled by their sexual needs. Yes, I have seen some things over the decades that show that some bigger bucks do that appear to be intelligent, but I have seen old does do smart things too. So the question is, just because a deer has made it through several seasons and has a lot of bone on its head, does that mean that these big old goats are super smart? From an elevated spot, I have watched a big buck lay on it's belly with it's head pressed against the ground in a swamp when a hunter walked within a few feet of him. That shows some real smarts. He didn't jump up and risk the flying lead. But I also saw a doe holding tight in a tangle of grape vines next to our driveway just a few feet away from me waiting for me to keep on walking. I'm sure that she had done that many times in her lifetime rather than jumping up and running and risking getting shot at. So she was pretty smart too. probably as smart as that buck in the swamp. What have you all seen that impressed you with the intelligence of bucks or does.

He was out of view measuring the girth size of a deer.

I think I saw Wolc's truck cap on the ground in the video .

The deck boards are screwed on , plate is lagged to the rim joist The deck was built about 15 yrs ago

I'm just wondering how many will be moving to Canada or Beyond !

Have a deck that's done that for the past 30 years - only when temps get down into the single digits Take a walk in the woods - trees are doing the same thing.

The few times I have tried hunting them when temps are this cold, didn't see a one. Guess they just trying keep warm.

I heard some house noise this morning when the temperature went below zero/ I think it was the vinal siding. It was a loud bang. It did it a few times. Likely it is one material slipping against a different material when the temperatures get high enough or low enough. Different thermal expansions and contractions. There may be a similar thing going on in your deck. Or maybe it isn't your deck at all that is making that noise.

Sounds great everyone, except the 3 feet of snow part. Adds to the ground water supply though. This cold weather and snow will help maple syrup producers this year.

Great day for America, but I must say that comedy on TV will be missing something without crazy Joe to make fun of.

I would not be surprised. Over the years, when it gets this cold, there have been times our deck sounded like a rifle shot going off.

Remember that deal that someone tried to get going that was a hunting by computer fiasco? Now that was definitely something that I not only would never do, and would happily become an activist against. And then there are the game farm hunts where penned animals are "hunted". I have a hard time calling some of those hunting. Yeah, those things step over the line and violate some of the limits that I place on my hunting.

How did that work out for you?

Bunch of pictures of bucks still holding headgear. It won't be long in fact maybe this week with the temps low. We call this spot the 4 corners. Two real well used runs come though here. Now that camera is not more than 50 yards off off a road intersection, hence the 4 corners. I think he is a big 8.

Drones used for anything more then head count of a property or locating a wounded animal.

Important that you got to hunt with your son! My Neighbor next door has family in Maryland and you are allowed to bait and shoot a ton of deer. I always get invited but never go. Just not my thing.

I can't agree with you more. I have hunted in NC with my son with bait piles not far away. It's pretty much the standard way they hunt down there. Its definitely not my preferred way to hunt but it meant getting to hunt with my son which I seldom do anymore so that trumped everything else. I told him I'm not interested in going on any dog hunts. Sent from my moto g power (2022) using Tapatalk

One for me that comes to mind is I could never be roaming around the house, spot a deer in the back yard grab the rifle and shoot it. To me personally that's not hunting that's grocery shopping at best and not "fair chase". I need to be in the woods actively hunting.

Too many Concervative New Yorkers don't vote as they feel it is a lost cause . Get out there and vote !