| Where Did The Deer Go?, Early Season
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| | have to become mobile and hunt the
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| Thoughts..You have worked all spring and
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| | natural food supply using portable
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| summer keeping your feeders filled,
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| | stands. With this in mind, you will also
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| building new deer stands or fixing old
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| | want to choose future permanent stand
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| ones, planting food plots and planning
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| | locations that are close to natural food
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| hunting strategies for your first fall
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| | sources when possible. Another good
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| hunt. Each time you checked your feeders,
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| | strategy is to place your stands between
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| food plots or game trails, you were
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| | natural food sources, between food and
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| encouraged by new deer sign, fresh
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| | water sources or between food or water
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| tracks, rubs, scrapes and other signs
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| | sources and deer bedding areas.
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| that deer continue to use the area. But,
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| | Another factor that can reduce deer
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| now that archery or early gun season
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| | traffic to your permanent stand
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| opening day are here, you're not seeing
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| | locations, feeders and food plots is
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| the deer you expected to see and now you
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| | human traffic. By late summer, it is
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| may be asking yourself, "where are the
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| | important that your trips to stand
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| deer?" or, "what did I do wrong?"When
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| | locations be limited and that when you do
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| this happens, and believe me it happens
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| | visit these locations, it is important to
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| to all of us, there are several factors
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| | reduce human scent left behind. If you
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| to keep in mind. Let's discuss a
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| | are visiting your stands and feeders just
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| few.First, most of us observe deer
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| | to check for fresh deer sign, stop. Trust
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| patterns over the spring and summer and
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| | your stand location choices, fill your
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| work to draw deer into our areas using
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| | feeders and work the food plots early
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| any number of tactics including feeders,
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| | enough that your present is no longer
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| food plots, salt licks and other game
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| | required long before season opens and it
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| getting techniques. While all of these
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| | is time to hunt. Repeated trips will
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| are good strategies, many of us forget
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| | inevitably leave behind human scent and
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| that deer also require a good source of
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| | prevent deer from visiting. Your best
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| water. By late summer and early fall,
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| | chances of a successful deer hunting
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| water sources can "dry up" leaving few
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| | stand are those less visited by you the
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| locations for deer and other wildlife to
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| | hunter. If you do visit your stand
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| get that life sustaining fluid.If your
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| | locations before your early season hunts,
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| hunting area that has shown good promise
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| | take care to use quality scent
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| all summer long suddenly stops showing
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| | elimination products and strategies. It
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| deer activity and deer sighting are down,
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| | is a good idea to use different routes to
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| it may be that the deer are seeking a
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| | and from your hunting areas before during
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| water source. If you believe this is the
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| | and after hunting season. The point is
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| case, try to locate a creek bed, small
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| | that you don't want a human scent trail
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| pond or any other water source, no matter
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| | caused by repeated visits to your
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| how small. Chances are that if you find
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| | stands.Changes to the environment near
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| water, you will find fresh deer signs.
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| | your hunting area can also play a part in
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| Even if a creek appears to be dried up,
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| | changing the frequency that deer visit a
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| search up and down the creek bed for any
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| | stand location. These factors may include
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| remaining pools of water and look for
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| | timber logging, field plowing,
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| deer signs. Once you find water and fresh
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| | construction or another hunter creating a
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| deer sign, consider using a portable deer
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| | new stand location to close to your
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| stand to set up on this location for
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| | existing one. For example, we have two
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| early season success.
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| | deer hunting stands that are close to a
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| Second, regardless of how much corn and
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| | paper company property line. About a
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| feed supplement is around your feeder or
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| | month before deer season, the paper
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| how well your food plot has grown, deer,
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| | company decided to cut timber on the
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| especially mature bucks, prefer the
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| | adjacent land. Before the timber started
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| natural forage of the woods and field
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| | falling, these stands always showed good
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| edges. If your deer feeders and food
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| | deer sign. When the timber cutting
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| plots are not located near natural food
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| | started, even though it was about 100
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| sources, you may be waiting until natural
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| | yards away, the deer traffic to these
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| food sources run low before deer seek
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| | stands was greatly reduced. In this case,
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| your feeders and food plots more
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| | we also learned that the logging would
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| actively. If your man made food sources
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| | stop just before gun deer season opened.
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| are not drawing in deer and other
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| | So we chose to leave the stands in place
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| wildlife, it may be because natural food
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| | and hunt other stand locations until the
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| sources such as acorns or other mast
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| | deer return to this area.
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| crops have the attention and your stand
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| | For successful deer hunts, my bet is on
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| is not in the path of the natural
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| | the hunter who adjusts to both natural
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| sources. Your choices are to either wait
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| | and man made conditions, uses sound
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| for the natural food sources to dwindle
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| | judgment when choosing stand locations
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| and for deer to return to your feeders
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| | and makes the necessary adjustments as
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| and food plots, or, you the hunter will
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| | the environment changes with the season.
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