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Knowing Your Deer
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backyardtndeer
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No program. I just use folders on my desktop. Nothing really fancy or complicated but it's easy to keep things in order. Each season gets a new folder.
deerhunter10
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That pretty much exactly how I do it, then back it all up on an external drive. I use excel when I want to graph out data to visualize patterns.
…." We backed out and gave him until the next morning, and im glad we did because he died just out of sight. "
Bell3wv
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The other thread got me thinking about guys getting pics of certain bucks year after year, learning all about them, naming them, etc. I have a 416 acre lease in TN. It has everything a buck could want, especially thick, thick cover. There is very minimal hunting pressure and human intrusion. We rarely have bucks hang around longer than a couple weeks. Very rarely. A buck will show up on camera, get me excited, and disappear never to be seen again. Many times a mature buck will only get caught on camera once and he's gone forever. I've always found it interesting that other folks have bucks hang around for years. Maybe the deer on my lease are traveling deer, or maybe it's a difference in farm land vs. timber land.
Solo Hunter
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I have a friend that hunts a couple hundred acres and kills a couple really good mature bucks a year off of it. He says he's in and out of his land at least almost once a week all year. His reasoning is the deer gets used to you and doesn't associate the intrusion as danger. The deer gets used to someone in and out of the property so when season comes they're not expecting anything any different. He's very successful with his experiences.
For me I stay out of mine because I feel like I'll hurt mine more then help it.
For me I stay out of mine because I feel like I'll hurt mine more then help it.
BigRiver1
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Apparently you have the cover, but do you have the food and water to go with it, and is the cover bedding cover??The other thread got me thinking about guys getting pics of certain bucks year after year, learning all about them, naming them, etc. I have a 416 acre lease in TN. It has everything a buck could want, especially thick, thick cover. There is very minimal hunting pressure and human intrusion. We rarely have bucks hang around longer than a couple weeks. Very rarely. A buck will show up on camera, get me excited, and disappear never to be seen again. Many times a mature buck will only get caught on camera once and he's gone forever. I've always found it interesting that other folks have bucks hang around for years. Maybe the deer on my lease are traveling deer, or maybe it's a difference in farm land vs. timber land.
Those bucks come to certain areas year after year in search of Food, Water, Cover, and Does. If you have great Bedding Cover, and the food and water year round, they stay.
Might try one of these online land management gurus to help figure out what's going on.
I read an article once where the author claimed he kills big bucks by having such a consistent presence on the property that the deer are familiar with him. As I've gotten older I lend more and more credence to his claim. There's something to it.
deerhunter10
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There's a reason farmers see big deer a lot imo. I see a pile of deer feeding cows or doing hay. Checking on them with the ranger. But our farms that are away from is we don't have the ability to be on them all the time we have to be careful and hunt them very careful they aren't used to any kind of pressure. And they are sensitive to the pressure.
deerdills
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And in a few months there will be nothing to score
