Cutting with chainsaws and hunting the same day

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  1. BowhuntOnly

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    I am helping a landowner this weekend cut some trees with chainsaws. I was wondering if anybody has any had any experience hunting the same afternoon after a morning of clearing brush and cutting trees? In the past I've seen that deer are actually curious of the trees being cut and really have no effect on how they move that night. Has anyone had any other experiences with this?

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    I've been hunting a farm, they are busy harvesting and have a grain dryer running. I have yet to see that affect the deer. I don't think cutting trees would either.
     
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    The deer won't care, cut away.
     
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    When we cut in winter the deer actually come when they here the saws cause the tops are food for them. If you have deep snow in your area in winter time cutting a few trees is the best thing you can do for the deer. They will strip the browse right down.
     
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    I've been logging, felling trees, running skidder, and a chipper and had deer feeding within 75 yards or less. Bucks and does with fawns. You should be ok as long as you wash off all that 2 stroke stank.
     
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    Thanks for the feedback. Good luck if you're headed out this weekend.
     
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    Just a follow up...
    We helped the landowner by cutting trees removing some cotton wood trees from a prairie yesterday from 11am - 3pm. I was in the stand by 4:30 and saw deer walking down the landowners mowed paths in the prairie at 5:30. The cutting had really no effect on the deer movement compared to what I had seen in earlier hunts and on my trail cam pics. I guess as long as you are not bumping deer out of their daytime beds - You are Good!

    I ended the night with a 15 yd shot on doe. She went 40yds and fell over.

    Great feeling to be helping the landowner with some work done on their property and also helping with a little doe control! These are the two things that helped my family gain access to this new lease this year.

    Thanks again for the feedback!
     
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    Its funny. When we Bush hog on our tractor the deer will bounce away just far enough to get out of the way. My uncle talks to them. But if i walk the same path the tractor went.... they will bound away with white flags. They know whats up.
     

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