Forums46
Topics537,804
Posts9,729,334
Members87,042
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Spooking deer who won't leave
#6007570
11/03/15 02:51 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,491
Jacob645
OP
Pro Tracker
|
OP
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,491 |
How long do you wait out deer in the evenings if they won't leave? Any tips on getting them out without having to spook them too bad?
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007581
11/03/15 02:55 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,773
Big_Ag
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,773 |
I wait until dark. They seem to be less nervous once it gets dark.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007591
11/03/15 02:59 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 139
Lil Joe
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 139 |
I will make a snort wheeze with my mouth and they will just about always run off without blowing and causing a big ruckus.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Big_Ag]
#6007612
11/03/15 03:06 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,491
Jacob645
OP
Pro Tracker
|
OP
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,491 |
I wait until dark. They seem to be less nervous once it gets dark. Ya, I'm waiting til I can't even see them anymore. They're about 100 yards away but still blow and it's pitch black.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007631
11/03/15 03:15 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,317
Slimpickin
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 1,317 |
Sat motionless with numb butt cheeks for 45 minutes while 6 does grazed 40 yards from the ground blind. At dark, started barking like a dog, but they stayed put like no big deal. Finally got tired of waiting, and walked out. They looked at me and watched as I walked away. Never did spook.?.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007643
11/03/15 03:22 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,611
MarkE
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,611 |
I have this problem every time on my bow stands. I'll bark/howl if I need them to cler out. In country where there are hogs, snort (sound like a hog), this has seemed to work best. I know it sounds kind of silly, but it works. If you have deer at a feeder, it's all over when the hogs get there so the deer don't usually hang around. They will linger around with a coyote bark.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007658
11/03/15 03:27 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 9,101
Espy
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 9,101 |
had a small doe this evening refuse to leave. tried all kinds of sounds I needed to change the time on the feeder. finally just went to the feeder doe went 20-30 yards away and never left.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007762
11/03/15 04:17 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 413
texassippi
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 413 |
I had some does that were about 25 yards from me and wouldn't leave on Saturday. I started getting down from the tripod and they just stared at me. I got down, set my gun down, and took off running after them. They left in a hurry obviously. Next morning same 3 does were right back in the same spot
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6007770
11/03/15 04:22 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,185
Stratgolfer
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,185 |
I had a spike at 20 yards watch me climb up and down the ladder 4 times Sunday filing a feeder. At one point he looked at his watch to tell me it was his lunch time...
"I was called by the Yorkers a outlaw, and later by the english a rebel" Ethan Allen
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Stratgolfer]
#6008007
11/03/15 12:44 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,611
MarkE
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,611 |
I had a spike at 20 yards watch me climb up and down the ladder 4 times Sunday filing a feeder. At one point he looked at his watch to tell me it was his lunch time... You think he remembered to set his watch back one hour??
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6008052
11/03/15 01:11 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 22,252
Texas Dan
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 22,252 |
I don't give it much attention when leaving, even if there's a small buck in the group. What about all the deer that see or smell you when going to or leaving your stand that you never see or hear? There will always be deer that will know you've been there no matter how hard you try to avoid detection.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Lil Joe]
#6008160
11/03/15 02:27 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 296
TruTexican
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 296 |
I will make a snort wheeze with my mouth and they will just about always run off without blowing and causing a big ruckus. I pretty much do the same thing. I don't use a snort wheeze, but a strong snort followed by a quick series of shorter snorts that fade, like a deer running away. Learned this a long time ago from an ol timer. Works like a champ.
Secede!!
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6008187
11/03/15 02:47 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 197
TravisP
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 197 |
I got out a little after dark and they blew at me and zig zagged everywhere in the back yard where I hunt. I would have waited longer but the mosquitos didn't agree with me. As I left about a half hour later from my neighbors house my car lights hit the feeder and they were already out there checking it out again. Time to climb a tree and catch them by suprise so I hope. Haha. My luck!
Hunting in magnolia would be better in a gated community.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6008189
11/03/15 02:48 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 28,032
Navasot
Hollywood
|
Hollywood
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 28,032 |
I tell them a scary story
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6008797
11/03/15 08:00 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 72
blindcowboy
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 72 |
My wife was sitting in a blind last year and had a young 6 point that wouldn't leave. She snorted, banged around the blind, and finally turned on music on her phone. He looked up at the music but never left until she climbed down. If he didn't get smarter someone's going to be eating him this year.
|
|
|
Re: Spooking deer who won't leave
[Re: Jacob645]
#6009109
11/03/15 10:35 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,379
Schpanky
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,379 |
don't know if this will work for you, but if one of us is stuck in a blind, one of the other guys will drive to the blind after dark to pick up. I'd rather have deer run off by an approaching vehicle than me getting out of a blind....we've had deer watch us get out of the blind and into the truck without running off. If that's not an option...wait til after dark...they are much more relaxed
Last edited by Schpanky; 11/03/15 10:36 PM.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|