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Post by batman on Jul 20, 2020 19:27:14 GMT -6
Art talks of this. There are dumb deer and there are scaredy deer.
When I used to hunt the King Ranch in Texas there were dumb bucks you could drive by at 20 yards. Stop and glass them, and Some would barely turn an ear. They were saved for big dollar guys. Especially if they like corn.
On my 40 this spring one of my friendliest does has twin fawns that will blow at me if surprised. Mom will just stand there and look at me. She never blows.
I have a 1.5 year old buck that is one of the dumbest animals on the place. His mother is a tragically nervous doe I see maybe 3 times per year.
Strange how children often dont act like their parents.
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Post by kooch on Jul 20, 2020 19:37:26 GMT -6
"Tragically nervous" This is a good description.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jul 20, 2020 19:49:59 GMT -6
I see this in Iowa. Some dumb bucks during the rut. Not just “horny” dumb, but more to it that that. While some others are night owls.
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Post by chummer16 on Jul 21, 2020 7:24:48 GMT -6
Just like humans. Liberals are retarded and the rest of us figure things out.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 21, 2020 11:13:19 GMT -6
I think time of year and "outside forces" can impact a deer's wariness. My neighbor texted me this morning after we talked on the road. I was heading to town, he was finishing up his walk. We talked for 10-15 minutes. He walked the 100 yards or so to his house and looked across the road onto my place. There was a nice buck standing there eating clover. 75 yards off the road. About that same distance in a straight line from where we had just been talking. 9:30 a.m. I'm pretty sure that buck was there because of the bugs.
Also, while we were talking on the road a doe and a fawn came around the bend of the road walking right down the middle. They got about 50 yards from us then cut into my place.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Jul 21, 2020 14:45:05 GMT -6
A few years back a friend of mine had a really nice 4 year old 145 inch buck hanging out on his 60 acres in MN. He had so many daytime pics of him it was amazing. He farms in ND as well, so he had a very busy fall. He missed out on many days of potential bow hunts where this buck was in his plots, including the days prior to the gun season.
So Brian and his friend hit the woods on November 5th (shotgun) and this buck comes right up to Mike (his friend) stand. Boom it's all over. My buddy Brian text me "guess who shot the buck"...I had to laugh. It was really nice buck, he had it mounted, but the deer had limited sense of danger?
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Post by Catscratch on Jul 21, 2020 15:08:02 GMT -6
Once upon a time I spent some time hunting over trail cameras. Many deer would ignore them but once in a while a deer would jump out of it's skin and walk around staring at it. Had several who would look at it and back out without much of a reaction. I never saw or a got a picture of those deer again. Now I live on my house plots and actively watch certain deer avoid the camera I keep out. They are here and frequent the place, never get pics of them.
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 21, 2020 17:55:17 GMT -6
Once upon a time I spent some time hunting over trail cameras. Many deer would ignore them but once in a while a deer would jump out of it's skin and walk around staring at it. Had several who would look at it and back out without much of a reaction. I never saw or a got a picture of those deer again. Now I live on my house plots and actively watch certain deer avoid the camera I keep out. They are here and frequent the place, never get pics of them. It seems like Bartylla uses cameras to get deer to use the opposing side of a plot where he has a stand. |
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Post by Tooln on Jul 22, 2020 6:44:17 GMT -6
I believe a lot has to do with everyday occurrences. The wife and I take the bike along when we go grocery shopping. There's a park with a small zoo and it also has bike trails. We see more wild deer on the bike trail than we do in the cage the zoo has. It's not uncommon to see one standing 5' from the trail watching us ride by. A few times we stop and they back off but not run away.
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Post by Catscratch on Jul 22, 2020 10:57:17 GMT -6
I believe a lot has to do with everyday occurrences. The wife and I take the bike along when we go grocery shopping. There's a park with a small zoo and it also has bike trails. We see more wild deer on the bike trail than we do in the cage the zoo has. It's not uncommon to see one standing 5' from the trail watching us ride by. A few times we stop and they back off but not run away. They barely step out of the way when the rancher's feed truck comes through. A different truck goes through the gate a half mile away and ears are up, tails are pressed against the ass, and they are starting to highstep away. They know... |
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