I hunted this season quite a bit in the woods on our farm and the neighbors surrounding woods. This summer my neighbor auctioned her timber and they came in and cut the hell out of it. Took every tree much bigger than 14" in diameter. She has 80+ acres. They were gone by bow season - Oct 1. They left tons and tons of treetops - plenty of places to hide in my book. Normally the hunting pressure in these woods is pretty light except during modern gun season.
Anyway, I failed to see one deer all season there. Normally just stumbling around I see 3 to 4 every year in varying places. I found some tracks on occasion but just based on past memory there was less this year. So are the deer gone or was this just a funny year? It appears they left the vicinity totally. I would have guessed they would have moved into the surrounding woods (ours and the other neighbors) but apparently they have moved quite a distance
With the other neighbors and us, there are several hundred other acres of bottomland timber beside hers. I figure they just relocated due to all the destruction and machinery and people.
Anyone have some experience with this kind of hunting situation? Or advice that years of experience has shown.
Anyway, I failed to see one deer all season there. Normally just stumbling around I see 3 to 4 every year in varying places. I found some tracks on occasion but just based on past memory there was less this year. So are the deer gone or was this just a funny year? It appears they left the vicinity totally. I would have guessed they would have moved into the surrounding woods (ours and the other neighbors) but apparently they have moved quite a distance
With the other neighbors and us, there are several hundred other acres of bottomland timber beside hers. I figure they just relocated due to all the destruction and machinery and people.
Anyone have some experience with this kind of hunting situation? Or advice that years of experience has shown.