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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 29, 2016 11:36:39 GMT -5
We are just now getting our stands out and trails cleared. We usually have this done in early September but for various reasons we are running late this year. Tuesday we put up a stand in a patch of oaks and did a little bit of clearing in the area. It's very thick with dead trees and vines. Yesterday we went back with a chainsaw to clear up some more trees. I dropped a gnarly dead tree and cut it up. I ran the saw for 15 minutes or so and then threw all the wood into a pile. While I was doing this my Dad was cutting limbs and driving his utility truck back and forth on the trail to knock it down. We were talking back and forth loudly. I decided to climb into the stand to check for shooting lanes. While I'm looking around I see a doe stand up 30 yards from the stand. She was bedded down behind a brush pile 15 yards away from the tree that I had just cut down. She stood there and stretched a little before slowly walking a half circle around us and up the next hillside over. She never flagged or showed any signs of alert. It wasn't a fawn, it was an adult doe. I was surprised at how calm she was with all the commotion going on. I'm sure this weekend she will spot me 50 yards away and alert every deer on the property with half a dozen snorts.
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Post by benj on Sept 29, 2016 11:39:54 GMT -5
That is awesome, hopefully she stays oblivious!
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 29, 2016 12:08:59 GMT -5
No doubt about it!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2016 12:17:12 GMT -5
That does not surprise me. It seems deer like the sounds of chainsaw, tractors and talking. My brother bought the farm we hunt in late October way back in the 80's. It was the next week (either last of week of October or 1st of November) and we where pulling out an old tractor and stuff. The briers where 12 ft high. We had chain saws, chains and tractor trying to pull it out. We spent at least three hours tugging and pulling the tractor pile. Near the end I took one more step into the cut briers and within few feet a big buck stood up and ran. It scared the crap out of me. It was in the patch the whole time. I was using the chain saw within 5 feet and had no idea it was there. I since have learned to hunt deer like rabbits if you are stalking. Check every brush pile.
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Post by esshup on Sept 29, 2016 12:18:35 GMT -5
I'm positive that both deer and geese have a watch and a calendar that they keep tabs on. Whenever season opens they both disappear.
I think it's in how you act. You can walk pretty close to a bunny that is hiding if you don't look at it and don't stop. Stop or look at it, and it'll take off running. Deer are the same way, at least in my experience!
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Post by bill9068 on Sept 29, 2016 14:06:28 GMT -5
I know what you mean, one of my brothers rides motocross and has trails on the family farm. I get on him for riding during deer season but he says he sees deer all the time while riding. Guess it doesn't matter to deer unless your quiet and sneaking around.
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