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interesting indeed  I quit bow hunting mornings long  ago because it seemed that I was kicking more deer than seeing. also the last few years during  gun season my wife and I have had better luck early / mid day  than first /  last light..

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I'm convinced the spike I got last season was dumb.   He was just prancing around, not paying attention.  I was seated on a big rock, clear as day.  If he took 2 seconds to look my direction, he would have ran, rather than pranced into my shooting lane.   I certainly believe his mother may have been shot the year before, and he grew up on his own.

 

Not that I mind, I ate the last of him tonight.  :rofl:

 

The deer in those articles seem very smart, and may have learned from older generations.

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It is definitely good reading. So far what I have read is not only interesting biologically but also has made mention of things I can relate to from a hunting perspective.

The buck bedding article was really interesting. I have a spot that I hunt that mirrors what was written about, where deer bed high with the wind at their back looking down a steep side hill.

Deer are in this area so consistently because it is so hard to beat their senses there.

I look forward to reading a lot more.

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I'm convinced the spike I got last season was dumb. He was just prancing around, not paying attention. I was seated on a big rock, clear as day. If he took 2 seconds to look my direction, he would have ran, rather than pranced into my shooting lane. I certainly believe his mother may have been shot the year before, and he grew up on his own.

Not that I mind, I ate the last of him tonight. :rofl:

The deer in those articles seem very smart, and may have learned from older generations.

Spikes are generally dumb haha.

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I think it was a field & stream article where a hunter for some reason stayed behind at the hunting cabin while everyone else got into trucks and traveled a few miles away to their hunting spots.  a nice buck 15-20 minutes after they would leave traveled down off a ridge next to the cabin to feed in a field behind it.  can't remember how the hunter figured it out but the buck patterned the hunters.

 

to add to this when my wife is home during the day mid week when not much activity is going on she'll see deer come out into our back yard.  during the weekend and evenings when I'm out around the house they're never seen.

similarly I try to check my trail cameras at the same time every time.  you're more predictable to the deer and less of a presence.

 

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I think it was a field & stream article where a hunter for some reason stayed behind at the hunting cabin while everyone else got into trucks and traveled a few miles away to their hunting spots.  a nice buck 15-20 minutes after they would leave traveled down off a ridge next to the cabin to feed in a field behind it.  can't remember how the hunter figured it out but the buck patterned the hunters.

 

to add to this when my wife is home during the day mid week when not much activity is going on she'll see deer come out into our back yard.  during the weekend and evenings when I'm out around the house they're never seen.

similarly I try to check my trail cameras at the same time every time.  you're more predictable to the deer and less of a presence.

 

When I hunted on public land in Indiana, all but two of the considerable number of deer I killed during firearms season were taken between 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM. I would pack a lunch & stay out all day. Most hunters would head in aout 9:00 AM. The deer I would see where not moving in an escape mode. They were usually feeding. The two exceptions were taken around 3:30 PM. 

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