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 Re: Whispering
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02/25/18 05:53 PM
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slippinaround
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Woodsman
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I just shot a doe yesterday morning (I am MLD) and immediately after shooting her I shot a big boar that was feeding down another lane that didn't run off. I looked down another lane and 3 doe were feeding and never ran off. I then got out of the stand and went looking for my doe that ran off. Found her, drug her out and walked back to my stand and got inside to pack up my things. By the time I was getting out I had 10 deer feeding on 2 of my 3 lanes. Granted some of these doe are used to seeing humans but the bucks are not and will come to the doe if the time is right.
The deer can get used to shooting. But I agree that you do not want the deer to associate humans inside the deer stand---esp the bucks
Last edited by slippinaround; 02/25/18 06:45 PM.
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Re: Whispering
[Re: DH3]
#7092635
02/25/18 08:23 PM
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Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 429
rmp
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Most deer hunting shows on TV consist of 25 minutes of commercials and 5 (barely) minutes of hunting. That said, I am always amused by the hunter whispering to his blind companion (or photographer) AFTER he takes a shot.  It happens almost every time, regardless of who the shooter/hunter is. McMillan is a good example. I said something to him a few years back when there was a NRA annual meeting/ Shot Show in Houston. He and his wife were manning a booth selling high fence hunts, as I recall. I simply can not figure out why hunters whisper when a rifle shot scares every animal/bird within a half mile of the shot. They will NOT stick around to see where the shot came from.
A lot of the whispering is due to where they are hunting and how close other hunters are to them. Lot of midwest hunting is done in smaller blocks of woods on farm land. I am hunting right now so I have to whisper.  I have no "hate" for HF hunters or whisperers. McMillan and his wife were soliciting for a HF ranch in South Texas..not his own spread. He got a laugh out of the whispering and said that I sounded like his dad. FWIW, on my ranch No deer ever stands around to see what's up when I shoot. I guess that some people hunt where the deer are tame, not much of a challenge there. I've noticed that deer react differently to gunfire. I seen shots taken on huge ranches in south Texas that deer paid no attention to. I think there's so little pressure on them that they don't associate the noise with danger. I've shot does in our oat fields and nothing leaves the field. I've also shot at deer and had everything in earshot "leave the county". Different reactions to different situations I guess.
Jameson Peak Ranch
Trophy Whitetails
"Lets go hunt a BIG one."
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Re: Whispering
[Re: DH3]
#7092919
02/26/18 01:20 AM
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Joined: Jul 2013
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Wilhunt
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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They leave the country in our area 95% of the time.
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Re: Whispering
[Re: DH3]
#7093053
02/26/18 02:45 AM
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Joined: Aug 2005
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txtrophy85
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
Joined: Aug 2005
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I have a small low fence property that I hunt with my kids in bandera county. Neighbors hunt.
We shoot an animal and wait....80% of the time Animals come back
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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