Deers' PTSD

Every year after gun season the deer seem to get PTSD and go nocturnal. Anyone got advice how to workaround this challenge?

 

Kill one before gun season!

 

I hunt the whole season regardless of early success

 

Food is about the only thing that will drive them to move during daylight in late season. Find food and pray for cold temps.

 

My gun season, all corn is cut. Would you focus around old food plots or get into the timber?

 

I would focus on whatever food source is hottest and most readily available. That may mean scouting more than hunting. Use trail cameras to monitor food sources, glass from the road or long distances, or just get out and walk your property once there is snow on the ground to look for concentrations of sign. During late season I like to run my cameras on time lapse mode to cover more area and see when/where deer are entering fields.

 

Snow.

 

Move in tight to where they bed. They move during daylight but it's not far.

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I second virginia shadows statement. Deer have to eat and they have to move some. Once they go nocturnal the tighter you can get to bedding the better off you will be. Just have to be smart so you don't bump them to the neighboring property.

But if you can provide an area that has less pressure they might feel more inclined to move to that area vice go nocturnal.

 

Really cold weather and a corn pile.

 

Red Oaks?

 

I got ya I was just being a jerk, I have always seen deer around the available food sources after gun season.