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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 30, 2023 8:26:35 GMT -6
Is anyone finding dead deer yet ? I’ve seen 2 dead fawns but have not looked much yet. What are you seeing and hearing?
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Post by biglakebass on Mar 30, 2023 9:06:07 GMT -6
Cant see much when I cant get into the woods to inspect.  Seeing plenty of carcasses along the roads though as they uncover from the blankets of snow. |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 30, 2023 9:19:11 GMT -6
I've been staying out of the woods. No need to make starving deer expend energy to get away from me
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 30, 2023 9:42:11 GMT -6
Cant see much when I cant get into the woods to inspect. Seeing plenty of carcasses along the roads though as they uncover from the blankets of snow. We drove to Sioux Falls and back this weekend. There were a lot of deer dead along the road. Anywhere you saw a tree line/farm site with bales in farm country or good habitat on both sides of the road, the dead deer were stacked up ! One dummy has a corn 🌽 food plot right next to the road. There’s 5 dead deer right by it !! |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 31, 2023 9:45:31 GMT -6
A guy at the meat locker told me he found 4 dead deer behind his place. All young ones.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 31, 2023 10:11:42 GMT -6
Coyote didn’t make it  |
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Post by Reagan on Mar 31, 2023 10:29:23 GMT -6
What are we seeing there? Snared? Starved? Bullet in the guts and bedded?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 31, 2023 10:32:33 GMT -6
What are we seeing there? Snared? Starved? Bullet in the guts and bedded? I think he starved ? But who knows he could have taken a bullet ? Friend sent it… |
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Post by biglakebass on Mar 31, 2023 19:59:09 GMT -6
Id bet bullet
It doesnt look emaciated from zero food.
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Post by wklman on Mar 31, 2023 21:09:52 GMT -6
Id bet bullet It doesnt look emaciated from zero food. It's hard to tell with its winter fur, and it curled up like it is. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 5, 2023 13:26:48 GMT -6
-Another report of 4 dead deer behind a farm site !! 👎
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Post by smsmith on Apr 5, 2023 14:26:07 GMT -6
This last round of snow and ice sure didn't help anything. If the critters can hang on another 7-10 days they may have a chance.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 5, 2023 15:14:10 GMT -6
This last round of snow and ice sure didn't help anything. If the critters can hang on another 7-10 days they may have a chance. 30 in the foodplot by the house last night. Feathered rats are out there daily as well. They must be finding a bit of corn as the snow/drifts melt and settles. Most browse is stripped down past 1/4 inch including any apple limbs they can reach. It seems like deer numbers on my place double during a storm or severe pressure change. That works anytime the corn has been harvested in the surrounding area. They like the conifers at those times. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 25, 2023 14:14:20 GMT -6
I’ve walked around quite a bit lately on my farms... the winter kill was not that bad on mine. A few dead deer. I know other areas had worse, but in general it wasn’t a large percentage of deer that ended up dying—mostly fawns.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 25, 2023 17:44:20 GMT -6
I have yet to find a dead one here. I'm more than a bit suprised to be honest.
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