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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: desertdog]
#2578386
09/13/18 02:08 PM
09/13/18 02:08 PM
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Posts: 6,999 Holly Pond, AL
NightHunter
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Posts: 6,999
Holly Pond, AL
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Nighthunter so your saying many move to the Mountains and stay their through the Winter. Which could mean lack of sightings unless your willing to climb or get to the top? Ah... kinda. More so saying that in the spring/summer months the populations in the valleys are artificially inflated, especially near heavily farmed agricultural areas. Once these crops are picked and normal dispersion starts taking place in the late summer and early fall, some deer move back into the mountain land surrounding the valleys. Hunters will typically never notice the difference because they aren't monitoring their deer that closely until just before the season. We saw it every year there and I continually see it while working with farmers. I didn't really mean you had to go to the top to see deer, just that there isn't as many staying in the valleys as you would see during the summer months. They have dispersed to their fall home ranges. We still killed deer in the bottoms but we just didn't keep that number of deer in the bottoms.
Last edited by NightHunter; 09/13/18 02:09 PM.
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: roscopeecotrane]
#2578419
09/13/18 02:38 PM
09/13/18 02:38 PM
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Posts: 1,499 Gadsden
desertdog
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Got you. Thanks for explaining!
Last edited by desertdog; 09/13/18 02:40 PM.
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: NightHunter]
#2578645
09/13/18 07:15 PM
09/13/18 07:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL
joshm28
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,375
Jasper, AL
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Nighthunter so your saying many move to the Mountains and stay their through the Winter. Which could mean lack of sightings unless your willing to climb or get to the top? Ah... kinda. More so saying that in the spring/summer months the populations in the valleys are artificially inflated, especially near heavily farmed agricultural areas. Once these crops are picked and normal dispersion starts taking place in the late summer and early fall, some deer move back into the mountain land surrounding the valleys. Hunters will typically never notice the difference because they aren't monitoring their deer that closely until just before the season. We saw it every year there and I continually see it while working with farmers. I didn't really mean you had to go to the top to see deer, just that there isn't as many staying in the valleys as you would see during the summer months. They have dispersed to their fall home ranges. We still killed deer in the bottoms but we just didn't keep that number of deer in the bottoms. There is zero Ag within 5-7 miles of our place. Our deer don’t typically range that far. We have some spots that are always occupied by does and rarely see bucks outside of the rut. The bucks are congregated on the SE side of the property this time of year but will disperse a little over the next 2 months. We routinely watch bucks year after year. I guess there is a benefit to not having Ag, lol
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: roscopeecotrane]
#2578741
09/13/18 08:27 PM
09/13/18 08:27 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,982 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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First time I walk into my hunting spot will be opening day
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: Whild_Bill]
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09/14/18 09:02 AM
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Posts: 15,982 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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That’s the best way to do it Beetle! Hey man I just know what works for me
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: roscopeecotrane]
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09/14/18 10:25 AM
09/14/18 10:25 AM
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Posts: 15,982 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Game cameras are the best thing that ever happened to a deer to help him survive
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: Beadlescomb]
#2580100
09/15/18 01:38 PM
09/15/18 01:38 PM
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Posts: 3,860 dothan
eskimo270
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Posts: 3,860
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Game cameras are the best thing that ever happened to a deer to help him survive No doubt, there are a couple that I would have killed but let them walk for the one I had on camera, which I finally saw on my neighbors tailgate
Super Predator
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Re: Vanishing bucks.
[Re: roscopeecotrane]
#2581613
09/16/18 07:44 PM
09/16/18 07:44 PM
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Posts: 397 North Alabama
roscopeecotrane
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 397
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Well after today’s card pull I’m sure that they are eating elsewhere. Even my does have vanished for most part. Eithe someone has something delicious out for them or some acorns have fallen like crazy!
Last edited by roscopeecotrane; 09/16/18 07:44 PM.
Luck is where preparation meet opportunity
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