Snakum
Member
I've been shooting a lot behind the GFs house: shotguns, AKs, pistols, etc. I have a small 50 yard range for running tactical drills, practicing drawing/mounting and firing, etc.
This morning I went hunting behind this area because I've seen deer nearby and off the roads in the area (it's in the country in central NC). And I saw a large number of places they'd been bedding down, scrapes in the dirt from bucks, numerous deer trails, etc. To my new-deer-hunter eyes it looked like a huge herd of deer lives back there. But after creeping around and sitting for an hour or two at a time this morning and again this evening I saw no deer, nor did I even hear them in the thickets like I have other places. They were either gone or hiding in the thickets and not moving.
Is it possible they've moved out of the area due to the firing every Saturday and Sunday (usually for an hour at a time, max)? Or would they move off when the range is hot, then move back in after it got quiet again during the week? How does this usually work with white tail?
I am wondering if I have permanently spooked them away?
This morning I went hunting behind this area because I've seen deer nearby and off the roads in the area (it's in the country in central NC). And I saw a large number of places they'd been bedding down, scrapes in the dirt from bucks, numerous deer trails, etc. To my new-deer-hunter eyes it looked like a huge herd of deer lives back there. But after creeping around and sitting for an hour or two at a time this morning and again this evening I saw no deer, nor did I even hear them in the thickets like I have other places. They were either gone or hiding in the thickets and not moving.
Is it possible they've moved out of the area due to the firing every Saturday and Sunday (usually for an hour at a time, max)? Or would they move off when the range is hot, then move back in after it got quiet again during the week? How does this usually work with white tail?
I am wondering if I have permanently spooked them away?