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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 05:49 AM
07/25/16 05:49 AM
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goodman_hunter
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Booner
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I've started walking slower to the stand and using a red light. I try to go in completely silent. That being said, I took my best deer this year when I was dropped off close to the stand on a gas powered sXs that was used to drive through the plot and pull memory cards from all the stands at lunch time, so who knows. But I feel like it helps my odds and thats all that matters.
For without victory, there is no survival
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 05:51 AM
07/25/16 05:51 AM
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3toe
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Talking Turkey
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I would say smell/sight/sound. Leave in time to slip to your stand quietly, downwind of where you expect to see deer. The approach should all be figured out before the day of the hunt.
I used to be in the "get in an hour before daylight" and "let things settle down" group. Then I realized how many deer I could hear running off due to me bumbling in the dark.
Now, I start my walk in at good seeing light. I've walked up on deer that would have seen me had I tried to get in earlier. If you take your time and slip in from downwind you won't need time "to let things settled down" because you never stirred things up. My two pennies.
And stay off those 4wheelers and use the 4wd the good Lord gave you, your two feet.
Last edited by 3toe; 07/25/16 05:55 AM.
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 06:21 AM
07/25/16 06:21 AM
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CNC
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With the exception of the noise made by 4-wheelers…..I’d say scent plays a FAR larger role than any leaf crunching noise you may make walking to your stand. The farther you walk to your stand too….the more scent you’re laying down on the ground and on the bushes as your move through the woods….. as well as the more scent you cast out across the landscape downwind of where you’re walking. The conditions will dictate how far downwind your scent stream travels and how long the scent on the ground will linger.
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 06:30 AM
07/25/16 06:30 AM
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MarksOutdoors
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I have stumbled in during the early morning hours, gotten all the way up in my climber and had deer walking underneath me five minutes later...despite all the noise I made walking in on crisp leaves.
On the contrary, we've all had them pick up our scent from over 100 yards away, give us a snort and never even see the darn deer.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 06:51 AM
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Scent is by far the #1 deer deterrent. Their eyesight is not that good and it can be hard to distinguish the actual source based on sound alone. When a deer hears something, they'll usually look that direction to identify what is making the sounds.
Here's my justification for claiming scent to be the number one deterrent. Almost every hunter has a favorite stand or stand site. All of us have probably noticed that fewer and fewer deer are seen from our stands as the season wears on. We label that "pressure" but that pressure comes in the form of hunters leaving their scent behind many hours after they've gone. If the deer were not avoiding the human scent, we wouldn't continue to see fewer deer as the season wears on.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 07:01 AM
07/25/16 07:01 AM
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I quit going in before first light. I now walk to my stand regardless of distance at first light taking my time in doing so. They don't like 4-wheelers. I pretty much hunt the wind in my face when I'm on the ground or shooting house unless I'm jacked way up in a tree overlooking a cutover or large open area at which time I'm not worried about my scent. I wear clothing that is basic in color schemes (a lot of browns, black and dark greens), and washed with scent & UV killer detergent. I've had a lot more success hunting this way.
I came, I saw, so I killed them all......Vern
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Joe4majors]
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07/25/16 03:15 PM
07/25/16 03:15 PM
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goodman_hunter
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Not only am not trying to spook deer on the way in, I don't wanna spook anything, I feel like the more critters moving around me the more comfortable the deer are. I like to watch when other animals are feeding, I watch the other animals and there activity just like other animals watch each other to see what's going on in the woods. Scent is the biggest obstacle. There's not a whole lot you can do about it, you can minimize it as much as possible, but it's still there. I do as much as possible to have the least impact on the woods though.
For without victory, there is no survival
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Re: What jumps/spooks more deer?
[Re: Remington270]
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07/25/16 04:21 PM
07/25/16 04:21 PM
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Bamabucks14
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Sound. I've watched deer as my ride approached, and sound puts them on high alert. They'll run when they see headlights. I've had deer come straight at me. I even had one snort wheeze at me, only once though. But I've had 2 experiences like this I just didn't shoot... Watch the whole video. It comes in with nothing but sound on its mind. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0joLRD3KbW0
Last edited by Bamabucks14; 07/25/16 04:23 PM.
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