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Post by batman on Dec 6, 2019 16:14:54 GMT -6
Each situation is different and you need to enjoy your property. Try different amounts of visiting the property and see what happens over a few years. You also need to consider if wolves are always present or just for a few days every couple of weeks. Some say deer are more used to people in farm country. Old does around my place are spooky as hell from pressure. One approach I had used was to not leave my yard and do any work in the surrounding land after Aug. 1. Now I have apples out back that I want to pick during September. I would leave the land completely alone until rifle opener in the past. But I am an island of cover in ag country. Your situation is different. Do the wolves/coyotes push deer off your island at times?
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Post by Reagan on Dec 6, 2019 16:33:47 GMT -6
If the buck was blind how did he know it was dark outside?
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Post by mnaaron on Dec 6, 2019 17:04:55 GMT -6
I think the main item is have safe areas and stay out of them and use your other areas as you wish. We try to stick to main logging roads and areas close to them.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 6, 2019 17:23:29 GMT -6
Each situation is different and you need to enjoy your property. Try different amounts of visiting the property and see what happens over a few years. You also need to consider if wolves are always present or just for a few days every couple of weeks. Some say deer are more used to people in farm country. Old does around my place are spooky as hell from pressure. One approach I had used was to not leave my yard and do any work in the surrounding land after Aug. 1. Now I have apples out back that I want to pick during September. I would leave the land completely alone until rifle opener in the past. But I am an island of cover in ag country. Your situation is different. Do the wolves/coyotes push deer off your island at times? I don’t think the coyotes push them off. I think the wolves either push them off or suppress activity.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 6, 2019 17:24:00 GMT -6
Do the wolves/coyotes push deer off your island at times? I don’t think the coyotes push them off. I think the wolves either push them off or suppress activity. And wolves tend to just move through.
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Post by batman on Dec 6, 2019 17:29:40 GMT -6
If the buck was blind how did he know it was dark outside? that was my point. mature bucks are a different beast IMO
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Post by smsmith on Dec 6, 2019 17:47:41 GMT -6
Each situation is different and you need to enjoy your property. Try different amounts of visiting the property and see what happens over a few years. You also need to consider if wolves are always present or just for a few days every couple of weeks. Some say deer are more used to people in farm country. Old does around my place are spooky as hell from pressure. One approach I had used was to not leave my yard and do any work in the surrounding land after Aug. 1. Now I have apples out back that I want to pick during September. I would leave the land completely alone until rifle opener in the past. But I am an island of cover in ag country. Your situation is different. Ultimately, this is what it comes down to for me. I'm going to do what I want to do here. A guy needs to be happy (or as close to it as possible)
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 6, 2019 18:14:09 GMT -6
I think the main item is have safe areas and stay out of them and use your other areas as you wish. We try to stick to main logging roads and areas close to them. This is what I have at my place. I primarily stay out in my prairie grass and leave 40 + acres of woods to the deer. The deer are very use to seeing me out in the prairie grass or near the woods and when they do see me they run off into the woods but don't leave the property. I would think deer get use to seeing farmers and as long as the farmer pays no attention to the deer the deer are not pressured.
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