j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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But how would you know?
There's nocturnal deer EVERYWHERE.
I'm not usually interested in Nocturnal deer, unless the DNR starts to allow night time hunting.
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I'm not usually interested in Nocturnal deer, unless the DNR starts to allow night time hunting.
Yeah, but I doubt the officers are just volunteering their time. Seems like the kind of thing where they are getting overtime to reduce the Bambi herds. I’d rather my tax dollars get spent on a single DNR officer managining a dozen or three bow or shotgun hunters. And some lottery hunts you pay for...so...
Then again, maybe it is more cost effective paying the officers overtime. Don’t know the calculus on that one.
fabsroman
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Want to add another variable to the calculus? How about charging a use fee for hunting in the parks. I am pretty sure some people would pay $100 a day to hunt in a state park. There are plenty of government places that use "user fees". Heck, the parks already use them if you want to use a pavilion. Think it is something like a couple hundred dollars to use a pavilion for a party. You want to shoot at PG Trap & Skeet, a government funded place, then you have to pay to use the facilities.
End of the day, I would prefer that there are more hunting opportunities for people.
Let's throw some more issues into the mix here. Parks are closed at night, so you will not have soccer moms crying that their kids cannot use the park during the day, you will not have mountain bikers crying that they cannot use the trails during the day, etc. So, by not having public hunts during the day, the "normal" users of the park will not be complaining that they cannot use the park. They will just be complaining that the got Lyme disease and the deer herd needs to be culled through birth control. lol
fabsroman
Ultimate Member
They do not need to eat anything during the day, they can be eating solely at night. With that said, on days before storms roll in, I have been seeing 20+ deer out in some fields. One that comes to mind is a field off of route 144 just east of Pfefferkorn (sp.)
As you mentioned, the deer are not stupid. Neither are the waterfowl. They will all move to spots where there is no hunting pressure.
wilcam47
Ultimate Member
they still go nocturnal...
thats why you prob dont see them till after hunting/rifle season.
j_h_smith
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they still go nocturnal...
I didn't see them all YEAR long. I mean the entire year.
Over in patuxent today. Looking for turkey actually. Some reasonable fresh deer poop. Maybe today, could have been in the last couple. No tracks anywhere, even in the snow. Two turkeys on one set of tracks crossing the path near my car. Otherwise no sign of anything bigger then a fox/cat (saw a black cat all the way at the other end of the fields near brown’s Church. No collar, perk of having binocs with me, lol).
Fabs, I don’t know about $100 per day (personally), but if it was $100 for a slot for a few days, absolutely. Like if some parks were open for a week a year of bow hunting at $100, sure is probably pay that.
If no federal funding bill today, I might have plenty of extra time to hunt the end of the season (if they don’t get it down know, I can’t imagine they’ll kiss and make up in a day or two). Hopefully that isn’t the case. Pretty sure this time I’d just be SOL on the missed work/pay.
Fabs, I don’t know about $100 per day (personally), but if it was $100 for a slot for a few days, absolutely. Like if some parks were open for a week a year of bow hunting at $100, sure is probably pay that.
If no federal funding bill today, I might have plenty of extra time to hunt the end of the season (if they don’t get it down know, I can’t imagine they’ll kiss and make up in a day or two). Hopefully that isn’t the case. Pretty sure this time I’d just be SOL on the missed work/pay.
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
The deer being nocturnal or hiding has ended over my way. Took the shotgun out to chase winter turkeys. but none of those bastages decided to play. So sitting with a shotgun and #5 shot and 15 deer walk past me at 20 - 30 yards in 15 minutes. 
I've gave up deer hunting as I have other things to do.
7 does in the first pack, 2 forks horns each missing one antler and another missing both a bit smaller, third pack 5 does. Bumped a pack of 4 with a piebald walking in at 7:45 and another good I could not clearly see. I have finally this year figured the deer out on this farm and the areas they move to make stand placements better next year. I am filling the freezer during bow as this place just about shuts down from the Saturday after Thanksgiving to the after the early January season. You might be able to shoot farther with a rifle, but you can't shoot what you can't see.
I've gave up deer hunting as I have other things to do.7 does in the first pack, 2 forks horns each missing one antler and another missing both a bit smaller, third pack 5 does. Bumped a pack of 4 with a piebald walking in at 7:45 and another good I could not clearly see. I have finally this year figured the deer out on this farm and the areas they move to make stand placements better next year. I am filling the freezer during bow as this place just about shuts down from the Saturday after Thanksgiving to the after the early January season. You might be able to shoot farther with a rifle, but you can't shoot what you can't see.
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Good luck with the turkeys guys. Great day for it.
Ha Ha
I had the opposite experience.
I had a flock of 8 turkeys walk past at 35 yards, but I couldn't get a shot with the crossbow. Too many limbs, and brush in the way.
I had the opposite experience.
I had a flock of 8 turkeys walk past at 35 yards, but I couldn't get a shot with the crossbow. Too many limbs, and brush in the way.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Deer were moving all day yesterday. Checked my camera, almost all daytime pics.
HogCommander
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Any last minute Bambi-whacking? I live in Nevada now & am living vicariously through you guys.
engineerbrian
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My season ended with late rifle due to my schedule. I really wanted to get out and do late season cross bow though. Its always been good to me
How is hunting in Nevada?
RetiredArmyGuy
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I have put five away in the freezer with a Crossbow this year. Hoping to get at least one more before it’s finished. Guess I need to get a photo account so I can share pictures. Sitting in a blind as I post this!
Edit: figured it out I think....
Edit: figured it out I think....
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Can be done with a smart phone alone if you own one. Good luck with the deer hunting.
Kind of wish I took off sick today to go hunting (deer fever, boss). Glad I didn’t. I telework on Monday’s and my wife got a call at 3:30 right before the kids were going to get home from school that she had to do Scouts with the youngest. She had completely forgotten!
That would have been a damned mess if I hadn’t tagged out earlier in the day. Me in a stand, 2 miles from home. No chance of being home in time without leaving all my crap in the park and hoofing it (it’s almost half a mile from where I like to setup and the parking lot).
Oh well. No chance of getting out the last couple of days. Good job this year to all who connected. Time to start thinking of spring turkey.
That would have been a damned mess if I hadn’t tagged out earlier in the day. Me in a stand, 2 miles from home. No chance of being home in time without leaving all my crap in the park and hoofing it (it’s almost half a mile from where I like to setup and the parking lot).
Oh well. No chance of getting out the last couple of days. Good job this year to all who connected. Time to start thinking of spring turkey.
