Thread: Deer Behaviour

Yep some private land I hunt is exactly the same it poses different challenges we all no deer aren't stupid so watching a deer that has heard or seen you isn't being silly by staying put its just most of the time in all likely hood farmers/workers don't see them and carry on , il never forget a few years back I took my bro inlaw out to a private block , over the years the farm has been more & more developed so the deer get really really good at playing possum in scrub or long grass especially the fallow , bikes , barking dogs or people they sit tight so I spotted this fallow buck all we could see was about 6 inches of his antlers sticking above the long grass in the bottom of a gully 150m away I got the bro to lie down and get ready for the shot we waited & waited for him to stand up in the end I started making noises , OI OI YOU didn't make any difference he wasn't moving in the end I said to the bro just quietly head down the fence line behind the scrub you mite be able to see him , so I sat still and couldn't believe my eyes when the buck stood up after the bro had moved out of sight , the buck even crept along trying to watch the bro be stealthy with its neck stretched out .