I hunted Tuesday and saw one doe at about 8:30am on a small finger with a big white oak dropping acorns heavily. She came from some 12 ft tall pines that are so thick you would have to army crawl through them. In the area I'm hunting it's hard to get far away from the roads. It seems like the roads take you close to anywhere in the area. Also I think the terrain has a high impact on deer movement out there. I don't think they cover a lot of ground especially early in the season because they have food close to bedding. I have only seen deer close to the thickest stuff you can possibly imagine which makes me think they don't move very far distances because of the terrain. I'm sure once it gets colder they obviously have to move away from bedding farther distances to find food. I could be totally wrong but that's just what I've noticed. I know for a fact though that big deer have been killed out there. I have heard stories of trophy bucks out there. I assume they are probably more aware and skiddish of human presence because I think they are pressured heavily with it being the closest WMA to Bham. PM me when your planning on going out there and maybe we can hunt an area together.
