Thanks for adding me to the group. I really like it already. The following is a story that kind of ties in to the quoted post.Shadowhntr wrote:Thanks for posting kirk!
We hunt an area similar to like you are describing. What we have figured out, is the people the deer are use to in the state park, are on a routine. Not so much in timing but patterns...in other words they are always on trails and road ways doing their dog walking, horse riding, hiking and so on. The deer seem to keep their distance from them, but do not get overly alarmed. Yet i can ease quietly through the timber, and they will spook like crazy. With these particular deer, we are out of the normal, and the walkers are considered normal within their routine and loosely accepted as a result by the deer. Me on the other hand, im the devil.
A friend of mine was targeting a certain herd of deer. He's an accomplished bowhunter and the elements were in his favor yet he still got busted each time. The farmer thought it was funny because he walked out there each day with a 5 gallon bucket to tend to his cattle, sometimes passing well within bow distance of the deer. You've probably guessed the ending by now. My friend waited for the farmers scheduled time to walk out there to coincide with the deer showing up. He walked out nonchalantly with bucket in one hand and his bow in the other and harvested the deer he had been targeting.
Obviously this isn't a repetitive hunting practice but it says a lot about how tuned in the deer are to patterns.