Deer Sightings

[nyantler]

On 4/21/2018 at 6:15 AM, wolc123 said:

Keeping the crossbow out until November squanders that potential, because the deer have already gone nocturnal before it is allowed to be used.  We have only a few "heroes", such as yourself, to thank for that.  It looks like we have to wait at least one more year before we can get out there with them on October 1.  Are you proud of what you have accomplished ?   I know you will bring up "just let guns in then" again as you always do.  You seem to not recognize the noise that guns make - which can make the deer in the next county go nocturnal. Just as the deer's nose is many times more capable than man's, so are it's ears.  The lack of noise would make the crossbow far more effective than the gun.   Like a "stealth" bomber, it can get in under the radar.

Using the "Nocturnal" excuse for not seeing or killing deer has always seemed ridiculous to me. If you can't find your car keys, you go looking for them. You don't sit on the couch and wait for them to show up. 

Also, the biggest reason that deer go into hiding mode is human scent or sighting humans in their habitat... they do not process the noise from gunshots the way you say. In fact, the sound of gun shots in the distance has little or no impact on a deer.