Do deer bed down during breezy winds with cold front
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kmrcstintn
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their 2 most sensitive senses become hampered while breezy; wind noise interferes with their hearing & changing directions of wind doesn't allow them to locate the source direction of scents that alarm them; yes...they bed down unless they are absolutely hungry or thirsty
I was waiting in one of those feedlots and the entire field was uprooted. I looked closely and it doesnt seem like wild hog rooting . But I saw lots of deer footprints around so definitely it was theirs.
I was also speculating the area must have been overly hunted bec its public hunting land. But you are right, they bed down during high winds. They are pretty smart.
I was also speculating the area must have been overly hunted bec its public hunting land. But you are right, they bed down during high winds. They are pretty smart.
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You bet deer bed down in the wind. But you can use that to your advantage. Get downwind and hunt into the wind.They'll be way less apt to hear you. As far as the rooting, surely it was hogs. The only other animal I've seen root is an armadillo (I live in Texas too), and while they tear up the grould looking for grubs, etc., it's nowhere near the extent to which a hog or hogs will root up the ground.
Are you sure those wren't hog tracks you saw? They look very similar to deer tracks except they're toes are rounded where deer's toes are much more pointed.
35W
Are you sure those wren't hog tracks you saw? They look very similar to deer tracks except they're toes are rounded where deer's toes are much more pointed.
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Actually, deer bed down more often in weather they find to be unusual rather than weather that interferes with their senses. An example is rain. Deer here in the Southeast don't bed down during rain...even heavy rain. Yet it interferes with their senses of smell and hearing at least as much as wind does.
It rarely snows here where I hunt. The last time that we had a snow that stayed on the ground for a week, I hunted every day in an area that has a large deer population. For six days I didn't even see a track. Then I saw the tracks of two different deer on the seventh day.
It rarely snows here where I hunt. The last time that we had a snow that stayed on the ground for a week, I hunted every day in an area that has a large deer population. For six days I didn't even see a track. Then I saw the tracks of two different deer on the seventh day.
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Hunted the same piece of land for the past three weekends. Killed a deer on the rainy day out of those three weekends...
That's the fact of it, but it's deceiving because we actually saw one deer that day and killed it whereas previous (sunny) days we were seeing multiple deer and just not getting shots on them. The rainy day gave us our first clear shot.
That's the fact of it, but it's deceiving because we actually saw one deer that day and killed it whereas previous (sunny) days we were seeing multiple deer and just not getting shots on them. The rainy day gave us our first clear shot.
My brother and I discussed this topic at length yesterday, after we sat in 4 hours of 18 degrees temps with constant bluster.
We hadn't seen anything move, yet, there had been fair amount of shots fired around us. That indicates the deer must have been moving somewhere, but not across the farm. There was about 1" of snow on the ground, yet the ground still soft enough to kick up with a boot. Yet, there were absolutely no tracks across the 1/2 mile of roadway/cornfield that I had to walk to get to my spot. I came home by 11:30, and my niece took over my lookout. She too saw nothing.
In sum, we have long believed that the deer tend to bed down on the extra cold and blustery days. Rain, no. I have taken several deer in rain. So, I'm not saying it to be fact, but rather our impression of what we have seen from hunting this same farm land for right around 40 years.
Of course, deer being as smart as they are, I can't discount the possibility that word has gotten out in the deer community that Doc was back at the farm hunting with rifles, and so the area is to be avoided. That too is, of course, pure conjecture. <<Tongue in cheek>>.
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We hadn't seen anything move, yet, there had been fair amount of shots fired around us. That indicates the deer must have been moving somewhere, but not across the farm. There was about 1" of snow on the ground, yet the ground still soft enough to kick up with a boot. Yet, there were absolutely no tracks across the 1/2 mile of roadway/cornfield that I had to walk to get to my spot. I came home by 11:30, and my niece took over my lookout. She too saw nothing.
In sum, we have long believed that the deer tend to bed down on the extra cold and blustery days. Rain, no. I have taken several deer in rain. So, I'm not saying it to be fact, but rather our impression of what we have seen from hunting this same farm land for right around 40 years.
Of course, deer being as smart as they are, I can't discount the possibility that word has gotten out in the deer community that Doc was back at the farm hunting with rifles, and so the area is to be avoided. That too is, of course, pure conjecture. <<Tongue in cheek>>.
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Armadillos can do a considerable amount of surface rooting damage as well.
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Yes they do.
Same thing happened to me last weekend. A nothern blew in and the deer decided to take a sleeping day.
I didn't see a thing. My dad saw two doe that evening. Friend shot a squirrel (odd, since it was windy).
I dislike hunting in the wind.
Same thing happened to me last weekend. A nothern blew in and the deer decided to take a sleeping day.
I didn't see a thing. My dad saw two doe that evening. Friend shot a squirrel (odd, since it was windy).
I dislike hunting in the wind.
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I went on a hog hunt on my cousin's land in West Texas (close to Aspermont, Tx) last weekend when a cold front blew through. Lots of wind. We were hunting from elevated two man blinds located about 100 yards from feeders. We actually saw lots of deer but they were very nervous and alert. Only two hogs were killed (not by me) and about twenty quail (again, not by me). It seemed like the hogs were more worried about the wind than the deer.
jaholder1971
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If it's very blustery, you can forget still hunting them in Kansas at least. I hunt a lot of bottom ground and wooded creeks.
I've had good luck walking along elevated cut banks along the creeks, watching the opposite side for bedded deer.
I've had good luck walking along elevated cut banks along the creeks, watching the opposite side for bedded deer.
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