Bird33
10-01-2006, 01:34 PM
I have a comment and a few questions for you all.
First, It didn't seem like there was much to any movement of deer on opening day. Very little compared to what I scouted a few weeks ago. Now I am going to attribute that to the wind and weather. Did you guys pretty much find the same as me and blame it on the weather?
Secondly, what is the typical pattern (over the years) you have found for daily deer movement in October? Deer in generaly, not just bucks. What I mean is
1) When do they leave the fields/clearings in the morning and where do they go (to beds or browsing acorns through the woods?)
2) Do they stay in their beds all day or are they up moving around periodically in the woods?
3) When do they become active where do they go and what time do you see them again in the fields?
What I have seen in my hunting areas is 1) out in the fields early but in the woods within 20 minutes or less of sunrise. 2) They go straight to beds and move very little to none during the daylight and 3) They are on their feet about 30 minutes before sunset and usually head for water first and to the fields just as shooting light is getting over.
The reason I ask is that I'm hunting mostly semi-heavily pressured public lands and am wondering if this pattern is typical for whitetails or if it is just because they are pressured in my areas.
First, It didn't seem like there was much to any movement of deer on opening day. Very little compared to what I scouted a few weeks ago. Now I am going to attribute that to the wind and weather. Did you guys pretty much find the same as me and blame it on the weather?
Secondly, what is the typical pattern (over the years) you have found for daily deer movement in October? Deer in generaly, not just bucks. What I mean is
1) When do they leave the fields/clearings in the morning and where do they go (to beds or browsing acorns through the woods?)
2) Do they stay in their beds all day or are they up moving around periodically in the woods?
3) When do they become active where do they go and what time do you see them again in the fields?
What I have seen in my hunting areas is 1) out in the fields early but in the woods within 20 minutes or less of sunrise. 2) They go straight to beds and move very little to none during the daylight and 3) They are on their feet about 30 minutes before sunset and usually head for water first and to the fields just as shooting light is getting over.
The reason I ask is that I'm hunting mostly semi-heavily pressured public lands and am wondering if this pattern is typical for whitetails or if it is just because they are pressured in my areas.