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Post by hoosier on Oct 28, 2008 14:11:48 GMT -5
How many of you drive deer and let's hear some of the results and tactics used.......
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 28, 2008 14:19:15 GMT -5
Can't say I have ever been a part of one.
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Post by Hawkeye on Oct 28, 2008 14:25:04 GMT -5
No thanks,Originally from Florida,I had my fill of Deer drives and Dog Deer chases.
As long as there are Trees, ground blinds, and still hunting, I will let others do the chasing and drives.
I know some folks really enjoy a good Deer drive,guess I just got burnt out on the way it was conducted.
Each hunter should enjoy the way they hunt.
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Post by Old Ironsights on Oct 28, 2008 14:25:12 GMT -5
I've been on a couple in Minnesota. I'm not terribly comfortable with them.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 28, 2008 14:27:09 GMT -5
Never been on one - just not my style.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Oct 28, 2008 14:27:55 GMT -5
Not a real big fan of them either.
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Post by drs on Oct 28, 2008 14:30:03 GMT -5
I think they are dangerious.
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Post by vortex100 on Oct 28, 2008 14:42:47 GMT -5
I've been involved in a couple, but I really didn't care for it. I don't hunt with a gun and with a bow it is a little difficult. Make sure you are covered in orange and zig-zag through the woods slowly with he wind at your back. The shooters should be placed at the best escape route for the deer.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 28, 2008 14:42:48 GMT -5
I've participated in many drives, with anywhere from 2 to six people. Drives can be a great way to take deer, in certain circumstances. To me, the best drives are a couple guys on stand with a couple other guys stillhunting. No extra noise or breaking brush. I prefer the stillhunting to the standing but have shot about the same number of deer both ways. You don't really want deer to run, you just want to get them moving. Posting a stander where the drive begins is a good tactic for deer that have been driven before. Staggered drives, where drivers begin at different times work well, but you need guys that won't stray from their intended route. I also like 2 - man drives where one man stands and the other stillhunts a loop around the piece.
Safety is a real issue with drives, and I won't hunt that way with guys I don't trust to identify targets and take safe shots.
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Post by Decatur on Oct 28, 2008 16:11:53 GMT -5
I think they can be dangerous, and are definately not my cup of tea. I'd rather be one on one and outsmart a deer personally. A lot of drivers, at least in my area seem to think they can go any where a deer goes, permission or not. The idea of 20 guys "pushing" a section is just not hunting to me. Now, that being said, I don't mind 2 or 3 guys still hunting thru a woods with a guy posted at the other end. I still prefer my treestand better.
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Oct 28, 2008 16:45:00 GMT -5
I used to do the driving for several years, usually I did it myself for others but once in a while I had a friend with me. It was always an enjoyable experience and we always made sure we knew where each other were and how close NOT to get to the hunter.
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Post by beehunter on Oct 28, 2008 18:46:11 GMT -5
I enjoy deer drives with the right bunch of hunters but they have to be hunters that I totally trust 100%. I used to like to drive deer with my family during the late muzzleloader season for does, lots of good memories with my family.
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Post by Sleazy E on Oct 28, 2008 18:51:53 GMT -5
We used to do deer drives the last day of gun season... there would 4 or 5 of us (always the same ones) and we would take turns being walkers and shooters.... Walkers always wore full orange vests and shooters never fired in the direction of the area being walked through. Even if you knew for sure the walkers had not made it as far as you... you still did not shoot in to the bottom or the thicket or what ever we were driving.
Always had good results with drives.... I personally prefer to walk rather than shoot... but I also normally already had all the deer I needed for the year by then anyway.
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Post by steiny on Oct 28, 2008 19:07:45 GMT -5
Used to do drives near the tail end of firearms season to try and fill a tag or two.
Usually 2 to 4 guys, killed a few but generally just bumped them out of the area to the neighbors.
Don't do it much anymore, but nothing against it. It's a fun, perfectly legal way to hunt deer, and just as safe as any other style of hunting if you are driving with good partners.
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Post by gillgrabber on Oct 28, 2008 19:28:37 GMT -5
Depends on your definition of a "deer drive". Small groups working with each other while being cautious isn't a bad thing. When I hear the term deer drive, it reminds me of a group I saw years ago while hunting public ground in Wisconsin. I got into my treestand while still dark and was sitting patiently when I heard a number of vehicles in the distance - car doors slamming & guys yelling. Then I heard voices getting closer & closer. I look up and see 20 plus guys walking in line through the woods directly at my stand. They passed underneath without even seeing me. Sure enough, they jump a deer in the distance and begin slinging arrows at close to 80 yards off! I couldn't believe they would even consider shooting at a running deer at that distance. Idiots for sure. I was stewing for a while thinking I'd never see any deer after that; however, shortly later a group of does came from the direction the guys went. I figure they must have walked right past the deer without seeing them.
Ive had no respect for "deer drivers" since that day (at least the ones who are too stupid to figure out where & how to place a stand).
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Post by ripleyshooter on Oct 29, 2008 8:55:54 GMT -5
I am not real big on them myself. When I was young my cousins and I used to drive a couple of thickets around home. I prefer to hunt deer that aren't aware that anyones around. The one thing I did learn from those drives in my younger days was the escape routes that the deer would use. I began sitting in stands and stillhunting those escape routes with some success. The only time I really drive deer anymore is on the last day of a drawn hunt either my buddy or myself will go to the truck and put our stand up and set up just inside the woods hoping that the whoever comes back last will push some deer in for a shot..
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Post by shootsa410 on Oct 29, 2008 9:59:15 GMT -5
Since my first deer hunting season at 12 years old until I moved to Indiana in 1984 I did deer drives every year when lived in Pennsylvania. I've been a part of bow, rifle and muzzleloader deer drives with anywhere from 2 to 25 guys. Usually we would not do drives during the buck season until the third day, less (as we called them, pot hunters) hunters in the woods to kill the deer your pushing. Doe season was different, drives started at day break on opening day. The best hunt for kills was a 23 man gang and by 1:00 on the first day we had 22 does. I've done many days, if we hunted the mountains, that our drives would last from sunup to sunset only stopping to regroup for the next drive or lunch. If a hunter killed a deer he and usually one other hunter would drop out and start the drag back to the truck. Deer drives are still a big part of deer hunting where I was from and especially for bear. I think I got more excited from hearing the first yell to start the drive or when the shooting began than seeing deer come through the woods.
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Post by catmandan on Oct 29, 2008 11:21:30 GMT -5
I like a deer drive for a change of pace later in the season. I prefer smaller ones with 2-3 guys. Its a great way to learn how deer react to hunters entering the woods and how to play the wind.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 29, 2008 12:32:05 GMT -5
I love em "IF" they are safely planned-out & all rules followed to the T, and you are hunting with experienced folks that understand the roles of both standers & drivers.
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Post by tickman1961 on Oct 29, 2008 14:41:27 GMT -5
Back in the old days when only 1 deer was allowed and they had no antlerless tags available drives were an important part of the hunting strategy. I have not been on a deer drive for over 20 years.
I remember one most vividly, there were about 7 of us and everyone seperated and got about 50 yards away from each other and took off up the hill, I was a little slow at getting up the hill and all of the sudden a big racked buck comes charging down the hill in the opposite direction of the drivers, lesson learned.
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