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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 5, 2009 18:58:19 GMT -5
I've looked at our harvest information but curious on deer sightings from this past season. These are deer you seen while you were on stand whether you passed on them or they were just out of range.
I had a record year for deer sightings. My hours are about the same as years past.
I seen 114 from my stand this year. Seven of those were bucks and I took the largest buck of what I had seen.
Were your sightings up or down?
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Post by deerpreacher on Jan 5, 2009 19:14:12 GMT -5
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Post by bigbuck on Jan 5, 2009 19:15:43 GMT -5
I don't know exactly how many deer I seen. My brother-in-law, father-in-law and myself took 8 deer this year. That's the most deer we've ever taken in one season. I didn't hunt as often as I liked but, I saw alot more deer this year.
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Post by deerpreacher on Jan 5, 2009 19:20:11 GMT -5
Sorry about the first incomplete reply. The first part of the season was slow but as the season went on it was about the same as last year. I was able to see deer about 60% of the time.
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Post by vortex100 on Jan 5, 2009 20:10:25 GMT -5
Same numbers I've been seeing in last couple years. I didn't count all the deer, but I would say I saw deer 85% of the time. Actually would say I saw more wildlife in general this year like Fox, yotes, coons, hawks, owls, etc. If anything more buck then does in Central Indiana.
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 5, 2009 20:26:14 GMT -5
terrible year for sightings, down probably 70%
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Post by steiny on Jan 5, 2009 20:49:54 GMT -5
I don't count them.
Hundreds for sure .... saw about 40 one evening.
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Post by GumLickBottoms on Jan 5, 2009 21:09:56 GMT -5
I need to hunt with you guys. Hunt the family farm and probably only saw a deer 30% of the time. Still trying to figure out if its me but the deer I saw were almost always downwind from me so I don't know what the problem is. I got tired of hunting the woods and not seeing anything so I finally started hunting field edges and finally got my first buck. Think I need to look at the property and see what I can do to make it more deer friendly.
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Post by lugnutz on Jan 5, 2009 21:23:02 GMT -5
I seen less total deer this season, mainly my neighbor in KY seen the success i was having with my 30 acre crp field,, he didn't plant his 110 acre field and it was all growed up. I knew i shouldn't have told him why i was seeing and killing bigger deer than him/his property.
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Post by fullrut on Jan 5, 2009 22:28:25 GMT -5
I only saw 178 deer this year from the stand. Passed 39, killed 11. My sightings were down from 299 last year. However the last week of bow season I did see 13 different bucks, 24 for the year. Numbers seem to be down in my area.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 5, 2009 22:59:30 GMT -5
Saw more turkeys than deer, but still had a good season. This season was about average as far as deer sightings.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 6, 2009 7:16:37 GMT -5
About the same amount of bucks & does. Maybe 50 total.
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Post by huxbux on Jan 6, 2009 11:04:38 GMT -5
Amount of deer I saw was way down this year. I have no clue as to why.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 6, 2009 11:54:53 GMT -5
My deer sightings were also way down this year and I cannot tell you why.
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