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Post by 1shot1kill on Nov 25, 2008 8:57:19 GMT -5
During bow season I was seeing at least 10 deer every day and usually at least 1 buck every day. I had seen 12 different bucks and was hunting a large 8 pointer. Also, I seen coyotes about every day. They didn't seem to bother the deer to much because the deer and the coyotes both bedded down in the same thickets. I hunt 100 acres mostly fields with about 30 acres that are woods or thickets. Opening weekend of firearms I shot a doe about 3 in the afternoon on saturday and decided to leave it till dark so I could hunt some more. Well the coyotes got to it and chewed up one of the shoulders. Bad thing is it was in a field about 100yrds away and I didnt see them do it. Now the problem is that all of my deer have disappeared. In the last 8 days I have only seen 6 does, and 3 of them were yesterday. There isn't anyone hunting the surrounding properties so there is no hunting pressure. It just seems that all of the deer I was seeing have just stopped moving or relocated. There isn't even fresh tracks in the snow,( except coyote tracks), and I haven't seen a buck since the second day of firearms, (sunday). Now what would have happened to them? I could understand if there where a lot of other hunters around but its just me.....Do you think the coyotes have them scared to come around or what...I can't figure it out, without the hunting pressure you would think they wouldn't change their routine.
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 25, 2008 9:18:37 GMT -5
Coyotes could be a factor, but I'm guessing food sources have changed. The deer are probably just moving in different areas. Welcome to the forum.
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Post by drs on Nov 25, 2008 9:28:31 GMT -5
I had a Black Bear steal my Buck one year in Colorado!  |
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Post by schall53 on Nov 25, 2008 10:10:00 GMT -5
It is possible that you could have moved them out yourself. When you hunt an area for a long period of time you can burn it out. The section I hunt has several good woodlots in the section (square mile). The neighbor hunted one woods all bow season hard. I talked to him last week and he made a comment like yours, he hasn't seen deer in a long while. We howevere have been hunting the wind, staying in stands til dark as to not spook deer, and staying out of the timber, in general just hunting smart. We have beeen seeing 10 to 20 deer an outing, hunting within 1\4 mile of him.
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Post by vortex100 on Nov 25, 2008 21:19:35 GMT -5
With the snow they probably moved locations until the weather gets better, but I would also shoot the yotes. I have one that I've been trying to get for 4 weeks, but he is a smart old yote.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 3, 2008 10:22:08 GMT -5
Go to your areas "current" major food sources and work back from there. You'll find em...
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 3, 2008 10:58:16 GMT -5
Go to your areas "current" major food sources and work back from there. You'll find em... Yep.. finding the "current food souce" can be a problem this late in the game.. |
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