I've always thought this was the reason for the "October Lull" hard to stay on them as fast as food sources change this time of year.Site specific deer numbers are more fluid right now than at any time during the year. Several white oaks can start dropping acorns & an area that was previously a deer wasteland will get crowded in a hurry. As always, food sources are key.
What has happened to all the deer out here
PM sentI'm due to hunt the Nov 8 9 10. Very interested in what you see... Sounds like not much
Wrong Catman…Good to see you popping in again.
I'd guess what you're seeing is the result of hurricane debris. The high winds brought down an ocean of small branches loaded with tender bud tips that typically are 100ft out of a deer's reach. What they usually have to hug against thickets for is now literally laying everywhere trees grow, and the deer aren't going to let it go to waste. It won't last but a couple weeks. By ML they'll be back congregated on more predictable food sources.
Good to see you popping in again.
I'd guess what you're seeing is the result of hurricane debris. The high winds brought down an ocean of small branches loaded with tender bud tips that typically are 100ft out of a deer's reach. What they usually have to hug against thickets for is now literally laying everywhere trees grow, and the deer aren't going to let it go to waste. It won't last but a couple weeks. By ML they'll be back congregated on more predictable food sources.
Wrong Catman…
@oldmanelrod
I never thought of that. Great observation Ski.
I watched a video not long ago. It was up north somewhere like Wisconsin during the winter, and they were felling a tree to feed the deer. They'd set up a camera to catch all the deer eating the tips of the branches and they basically picked the tree clean in a day or two.I'd have never thought of it had I not seen a bunch of down branches with all the tips nipped off. Then I realized it's EVERYWHERE and that makes it tough to narrow down where the deer are.
I watched a video not long ago. It was up north somewhere like Wisconsin during the winter, and they were felling a tree to feed the deer. They'd set up a camera to catch all the deer eating the tips of the branches and they basically picked the tree clean in a day or two.
Not the original Catman I was fooled myselfWrong Catman…
@oldmanelrod