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Robin
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Grizzly Adam
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Way to go, Mako!
It's just my opinion, but I don't think hunts like the one you described are "unlikely" at all. I love a "walk-in" hunt ... especially if it's a "first-time-in" experience. I've killed dozens of deer sitting on dove buckets in areas I had not been in before. I believe that if the deer population is high and the habitat good, most any area can be reasonably high percentage. There is a place for scouting and "setting up" ... but many heavily traveled trails and heavily used areas are from nocturnal deer traffic ... and it doesn't take too much "scouting" and "setting up" to seriously compromise a promising area. For instance, in some of my favorite small woodlots for rifle hunting, I don't even go in except to retrieve a deer ... just hunt streaks and edges. My theory is that if you can keep from disrutpting an area, by all means do so.
Try some more of that walk-in first-time stuff next season. As you've seen, it can yield some surprising results.
It's just my opinion, but I don't think hunts like the one you described are "unlikely" at all. I love a "walk-in" hunt ... especially if it's a "first-time-in" experience. I've killed dozens of deer sitting on dove buckets in areas I had not been in before. I believe that if the deer population is high and the habitat good, most any area can be reasonably high percentage. There is a place for scouting and "setting up" ... but many heavily traveled trails and heavily used areas are from nocturnal deer traffic ... and it doesn't take too much "scouting" and "setting up" to seriously compromise a promising area. For instance, in some of my favorite small woodlots for rifle hunting, I don't even go in except to retrieve a deer ... just hunt streaks and edges. My theory is that if you can keep from disrutpting an area, by all means do so.
Try some more of that walk-in first-time stuff next season. As you've seen, it can yield some surprising results.
Grizz
Hey Grizzly! This is exactly what I've learned in the past few years of hunting. I used to feel like I needed to cover every inch of the territory to find the best possible spot. I always second-guessed my choice of location thinking I should be somewhere else/better. Now I've learned to leave most of the bush to the deer as a sanctuary... if they have that they'll come out during the day and I'll be waiting on the edges and in the transition areas. I've seen lots more deer this way and have many more close encounters.
Sure am appreciating this board - lots to learn here too... Thanks guys!
Sure am appreciating this board - lots to learn here too... Thanks guys!
Amen Grizzly! I'm a firm beleiver in not disturbing any deer "safe haven". Anything disruptive like scouting or trail clearing we do before deer season. Once the season starts "quiet in, quiet out" is the rule regardless of whether we are actually hunting or not. It took me a long to to figure this out but it's made the difference betwen seeing deer at 100-200 yards and seeing them at 20-40 yards.There is a place for scouting and "setting up" ... but many heavily traveled trails and heavily used areas are from nocturnal deer traffic ... and it doesn't take too much "scouting" and "setting up" to seriously compromise a promising area. For instance, in some of my favorite small woodlots for rifle hunting, I don't even go in except to retrieve a deer ... just hunt streaks and edges. My theory is that if you can keep from disrutpting an area, by all means do so.