Thread: Area Contamination

Originally Posted by Allgood

Doing patrols in Woodhill during the ballot for many years taught me a lot of things about deer and Fallow especially. After checking hunters into a block we would find a high point and sit and observe hunters. Many times we would see hunters stalking through the pines in the vicinity of deer.....As the hunters got closer, the deer would move to one side, wait for the hunters to pass and then move straight in behind them to resume feeding, sometimes within throwing distance.
Deer are creatures of habit and even if spooked, will return to an area relatively quickly, sometimes within minutes.

I've determined that fallow will do a circle and go straight back to a feeding spot if they have decided theres good tucker there. Have seen deer out in the open a couple times now, they'll spook off into the bush/forestry as I approach, unleash the sniffer hound and he will do a big lap around and an hour later we are approaching same spot and same deer are back out on it again!