I have a small piece of property to hunt about 40 acres woods and field grass surrounded by corn and soybean with a 5 acre alfalfa on property. ive got some buck on cams and alot of does. looking for suggestions on if i shoot a doe or buck early will i spook deer in the area and for how long. would like to get some early and then wait for the rut or later thanks ahead of time
You got to shoot eventually. If you want the deer take the shot. I wouldnt hunt that place much since it is pretty small. And dont walk around it too much.
one in hand vs. two in the bush, right? Both my brother and I have shot deer that were standing over (or within 5yds of) gutpiles from previous kills. 1st doe that presents a shot for me is going down. Same with the first buck that meets my standards.
thanks Thanks for the advice i figured to hunt opening weekend since there is alot of traffic through it and the only all wooded aeea in a mile in every direction and then maybe again in the rut and then late dec. The advice put ny mind at ease a bit thanks again
Like what was stated, deer will readjust quickly. Like a few on here have said before, sometimes we give deer a little more credit in the reasoning department than we should. Regardless of screwing up an area, if you want to shoot (and you will be happy with the deer afterward), take the shot! That's what we're here for.
I and another person on this site hunt about 25 acres. some of that is crp some is field the rest is woods that buts up to a road and houses. The other person shot 2 P&Y out of the same stand last year and there were more the 10 deer harvested total off this property so dont concern yourself with non important stuff just hunt it with the proper wind and if a deer presents itself and you want to harvest it let it fly.
I'll argue that killing a deer early and staying out the area completely by not hunting for a while, is FAR less pressure than passing a deer in order to continue hunting there. You being there is what pressures the deer, not one of the deer turning up MIA.
I agree with T.. on my best (and smallest) property, I like to take a doe early -then back out until pre-rut. There will be plenty of deer, but you're not gonna see them by over-hunting the property. In the "down-time", I hunt, explore and look for more potential in other places, often public.
YOU create the pressure on the property. But so does alot of things that you can not control. Passing on a deer will not create pressure unless they bust you
While I agree, actually being on the property applies more pressure to a piece of property than harvesting a deer, to me, the thing that seems like it would have the biggest effect is tromping through everything your freshly shot deer just did, in order to recover it.
Exactly.. no matter how short your walk is, or what/how much you use to "spray down", you're putting pressure on the area every time you visit it.
