mxsmitz201

IMO... i think a lot of it has to do with smell. I think they use their nose more so than remembering in order to cross a fence or any of that. and i believe that instinct sense you all are talking about is in fact their extremely powerful sniffer. exactly, this leads me to believe its about their noses doing most of the work. IMO i think your kills scent in the field allowed for the other deer to return, whether he was dead or alive, he still smelled like a deer lol and that said it was ok to be in that field. and if someone would argue about your scent in the field keeping them at bay, i would say your kill acted as a cover scent just like how i use doe urine.

before i got into hunting, (this incident is why i got into it) i was in the woods with my video camera to try and film some wildlife. I had a doe walk about 20 ft from me, she saw me as i was on the ground, she stomped flagged and ran back the way she came. not 5 mins later that doe and 5 others came back to me on the same route and one foolish doe literally walked within an arms length of me. i could have reached out and slapped her. (i would like to give all the credit to Wildlife Research Center's Scent Killer on this one as i just bought a bottle and sprayed myself down head to toe inside and out). lets just say i was motionless standing in the middle of a tractor path and she didnt smell me until on top of me, all the while downwind of me. then she jumped back and trotted to the other does 30 ft away throwing no warnings. it wasnt until then that they threw up the flags and hissed. but unlike the usual trend of backtracking after being spooked, these doe continued on their way in the direction they were headed to begin with and not in any hurry either. Same thing happened yesterday in the stand after a doe smelled me and got down wind of me. (luckily they just threw flags) but her and her friends continued on the same direction they were headed to begin with before winding me. so i dont know what to think as far as what to expect when a doe winds you or you spook them. i think a lot of factors play into it though as to how they will react.

everyones arguments are valid, but i would think estimating an inside spread to be just as difficult as estimating an inch and a half on a point. i only suggested that cuz i have read in magazines about it and its about 14 inches from ear to ear when the deer has both ears forward. i dunno, just a suggestion haha but whatever works!!! whatever the case it would be nice to see some bigger deer.

Its turkey season as well. I kno of a few neighbors after them. Kinda sucks cuz if it keeps up like it is around where I live deer will be nocturnal well into bow season instead of opening day +1 in rifle haha

I hunt in central oneida county. Vernon/westmoreland. Saw a young buck chasin a doe Sunday not too aggressively, and have also witnessed the 5 point I shot this morning sparring with a 7 point which was pretty cool.

That poor doe I hate seeing animals struggle like that. I'm certainly not afraid to put SOCIETYS laws to the way side to help an animal out like that whose obviously struggling terribly and has days maybe hours to live. I don't care what it might look like on paper ill take that deer bow or gun. Its the ethical thing to do seeing that it was hit by car. we already injured it, shouldn't it be our job to finish what we started if givin the chance like that??

rather than an antler point restriction....why not use the inside spread to be the determining factor? Im just saying because I have got about 5 deer this year on camera all eligible for take with the 3 pnts on each side rule. BUT there only 1 1/2 yrs old!!!! Maybe when their spread reaches 16-18 inches then ill draw my bow. Here is my reasoning.... If each one of those 1 1/2 yr old deer were taken this year, and all the scrubs made it through, then it would seem to me a few yrs down the road were gonna have some bad genetics in the deer herd in my area. Just my opinion.

I live in Westmoreland NY, just south of Rome, and there was a bull moose in our area last year this time of year. My friend has pictures of the moose investigating his cows like he wanted to mount one or thought maybe they were fellow moose i dont know. but it was cool to say the least. Hope he made his way back home. That moose makes it the second or third moose to venture down into our area the last 8 yrs i would say.