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Post by kirch86 on Oct 3, 2011 12:21:54 GMT -5
I had been hunting all day on sunday and around 2:30 the farmer that farms the field just north of where I hunt started cutting corn. I waited for about 2 hours of him working the field before I got down for the evening. My thought was that if something was going to come by it was going to be pushed by him in the combine. At one point he was about 60 yards from my stand with the combine. Once he made a couple passes by my stand i figured nothing was going to come by with him working the field and thought I would cut my losses and head out. Kind of had the same thing happen 2-3 times last year. same field, same farmer had tractor out and disking the field. never saw anything that then either. How much do you think it affects deer movement with a farmer working a nearby field?
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Post by HuntMeister on Oct 3, 2011 12:34:41 GMT -5
I personally have never had the opportunity to be in the stand when harvesting operations are going on but, I have had farmers tell me all the time that their equipment working in the fields has no impact on the deer...the deer are in the fields business as usual. Interested to hear the experiences of others who have been in the stand while the farmer is working the fields.
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Post by swilk on Oct 3, 2011 13:50:29 GMT -5
I like to be in a stand when the farmers are working their fields.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 3, 2011 13:56:19 GMT -5
I've had deer pushed to me by combines, and I've had deer come out 5 minutes after the farmer finished cutting.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 3, 2011 13:58:56 GMT -5
I like to be on stand when they are shelling corn. Some deer move deeper into the remaining corn while others will head to the woods lines. It gets interesting for the last few holdouts when the shelling gets down to the combine's last pass of the remaing corn.
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Post by dadfsr on Oct 3, 2011 14:09:54 GMT -5
The only time that I've been fortunate enough to take two doe with my smokepole in one "sitting" was when one of our neighbor farmers started his corn harvest. He had been getting a lot of damage along the east side of this field, which just happened to have a couple of high line towers in the field but within 50' of the edge of the field. He called the night before and told me he would be harvesting the next day, taking off the outside rounds first(which gave me a clear shooting lane from the edge of one of the towers) and then would work the field from west to east pushing any deer in the field to the east side.
I actually climbed up to the first cross bar and leaned back in against the corner leg and waited (this was probably 20 years ago when I was a lot younger and not as smart ;D). He share cropped, so was taking out every other cornhead spacing. When he got within probably a 100 yards of the tower a nice fat doe popped out about 40 yards away...pop, bang and one dirt nap doe. I climbed down, drug her over under the tower, reloaded and was back up in the tower again by the time the farmer had started coming back (it's almost a 1/2 mile long field). Lo and behold another nice fat doe popped out exactly the same place as the first one, stopped and was actually sniffing the blood pool from the first one...pop, bang and another doe dirt nap.
Decided that was enough for one day for me to get checked in and processed since I didn't have access to a cooler at the time.
Long story short-I don't think the deer are as bothered by a farmer working his field as the hunter is up on the stand...the deer just don't get too excited by something that pretty much maintains a constant speed and noise level. Maybe even working with the farmer, like I did, can work to your advantage.
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Post by joeyb on Oct 3, 2011 14:17:58 GMT -5
It can be a blessing or a curse. I've had them run deer out of the corn right under my stand. I've also had them run them out of the woods because of it.
The biggest buck I've ever seen in a stand was ran out by the combine. I was in college in Illinois, and this bruiser 14point was heading my way. I've never seen a taller or more perfect deer in my life. I stood, pulled back, and waited for him to take 4 more steps into my shooting lane. To my right and behind him the combine was coming. I heard it get closer.... and closer.... and closer. So did the buck. He looked behind him, and backed out gracefully. Heading down the trail that he came from. I never saw him again. Hunted nearly every day in the same woods with no luck.
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Post by firstwd on Oct 3, 2011 20:12:50 GMT -5
They started running the beans on one of my farms tonight, and I couldn't make it out. I hope they are starting the the upper field after I get to the stand tomorrow night. The 2 bigger bucks I've been watching have been bedding in the middle of it. I really hope I'm in stand when the neighbor runs his corn.
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Post by antler on Oct 3, 2011 20:23:08 GMT -5
A few years ago I have watched as the combine was taking out the beans. The deer would be eating at one end and when the combine got within 100 yards they would run back into the woods. When the combined turn around and headed back to the other end, the deer would come back. I watched them do it again and again in the same evening.
I have also sat several times why they picked the field and have seen nothing.
I don't think the farm equipment bother them one bit.
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Post by gobblerstopper on Oct 3, 2011 20:51:12 GMT -5
Antler, I watched the same thing one night except it was in a corn field. The ends had been open for about a week and they were hitting it pretty hard. They'd walk into the woods each time he came to my end of the field.
I've noticed at night they seem to just move over a couple of rows as you shell a field. During the day you usually only see them once. After you jump them up, they seem to stay away from the combine.
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Post by buckeater on Oct 3, 2011 21:14:02 GMT -5
we were cutting beans last night. i was running the grain cart had a doe and her fawn walk right by me. theres one field we do they always seem to be interested in what we are doing and fallow us threw out the field.
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Post by kirch86 on Oct 3, 2011 21:44:01 GMT -5
Thanks for all the info guys. Looks like I will stick it out next time.
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Post by 3ptbuck on Oct 3, 2011 23:10:08 GMT -5
I killed a doe this evening while the farmer was spraying. After his first lap I figured my night was ruined but a buddy's text msg said I ought to stick it out. Sure enough, an hour later I glanced up to see where he was and out popped 2 does that didnt have a care in the world.
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