No Deer ?

[fasteddie]

I had to go to Honeoye Falls last night . Took Boughton Hill Road off rt 64 . Between Rt 64 and RT 65 on Boughton Hill Road , We saw over 60 deer in the fields . This was around the 5 pm time frame .

[philoshop]

They're out there.

[virgil]

I passed a field in Eastern Long Island yesterday afternoon with about 30 deer in it.

[Doc]

Yeah, I had 7 pretty good sized deer wandering across my yard the other day. But I'll bet there are a whole lot of guys in other parts of the state that really don't want to hear about how many deer we have all over the place .... lol. Sorry guys, I know things are not great everywhere. I know that many times there are towns that border each other that don't have the same or similar population situations.

[Mr VJP]

This time of year deer come together and move together looking for food.  You can see 60 deer in one field while there won't be another deer anywhere else in the area for a mile or more.  That makes it seem like there are lots of deer in the area when in reality the population is down.

[nyantler]

This time of year deer come together and move together looking for food.  You can see 60 deer in one field while there won't be another deer anywhere else in the area for a mile or more.  That makes it seem like there are lots of deer in the area when in reality the population is down.

 

True... Those deer could be deer that have left snow county in search of a place to survive the winter... you won't find a deer this time of year in say Redfield. They migrate out to wintering areas with the first sign of snow early in winter. It is their only way of surviving those heavy snowfall areas like Tug Hill.

[wolc123]

The main reason for low sightings during hunting season this past season was due to near record acorn production across the state.  Most of the deer went completely nocturnal as soon as they started smelling hunters in the woods.  Except for the 1-1/2 year old bucks, for a week or two in the rut,  there was no reason at all to come out of hiding during the day when it was so easy to find all they could eat, in one little safe spot, at night.   The acorns are gone now so the deer that "were gone" are everywhere now.    Low antlerless harvest numbers from last season, coupled with a mild winter across much of the state, and normal acorns next season should result in well above average, maybe record harvest numbers this year.   There will likely be about twice as many available targets next season as there was the last and I don't think the state would be making a mistake by doubling the number of antlerless permits they issue in many of the zones, or maybe letting us use the ones that we were not able to fill last season.    

[Curmudgeon]

No lack of deer here. If there weren't other things going on, I would consider getting nuisance permits this winter. As it is, I'll just eat the losses.

[phade]

That area has probably some of the highest dpsm in the state, so let's not try to blow the sighting out of proportion.

 

Mendon Ponds park, and high dollar homes/property with about as llimited access as you can get mixed in with heavy ag...

Edited January 24, 2015 by phade

[Four Season Whitetail's]

That area has probably some of the highest dpsm in the state, so let's not try to blow the sighting out of proportion.

 

Mendon Ponds park, and high dollar homes/property with about as llimited access as you can get mixed in with heavy ag...

Yes and i hardly believe there are to many deer in very many areas. Acorns helped yes but when you beat the brush in areas that were always known to carry numbers and find few deer and a lot less sign, the deer are not there. This time of year the deer are together wherever life treats them best at this time of year and then come fall one just has to look at the best ran/Managed land that has great eats and low hunting pressure and you will find the deer. Places that are open game year in and year out and even heavy hunted farmland have low numbers.