A huge give away is the trees nearby. Pigs wallow then rub off the mud,hopefully ticks n lice are stuck in the mud and end up no longer on pig. Deer will also brush past trees on way out ,away from...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 09:35 PM
I was told by a deer farmer once that hinds and yearlings use wallows almost more than stags, need to look at the hoof prints to work out what and who is using them.
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 09:35 PM
I really enjoy hunting the Kaimais, once you crack it can be some of the more exciting hunting to do. If a wallow has been stirred up and has wet mud on the surrounding leaves, your in an animals...
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 09:35 PM
If a wallow is freshish Ive found there will be prints and if you look at the surrounding vegitation there can be mud weirdly placed on it from where the deer has had a shake.
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 09:34 PM
Was working in the bush years ago with a would be hard man pig hunter. He picked up a bit of pig shit and took a bite out of it and declared that it had been eating fern roots going by the taste....
Liked On: 11-09-2024, 09:34 PM
"Warm sign just missed em" seems to be a common theme in that part of kaimais, I was finding fresh sign on top of my own footprints from earlier in the same day!
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 05:40 PM
ha love the reply my hunting these days I know where they will be and its not a matter of if- its simply a matter of when - buts its all mainly private so captive pop in many ways - these guys...
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 05:40 PM
Nah I'm not in to science that much Barry. I worked out years ago that this deer shooting lark is quite simple. I just wander around aimlessly (often only a couple of steps away from being completely...
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 05:40 PM
well perhaps you could do us a deer turd taste study and publish the results on here - be interested to see - can you tell what they have been feeding on with any real accuracy ??
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 05:39 PM
You can work out a lot about deer through shit though. It's all to do with the taste.
Liked On: 08-09-2024, 05:39 PM
yes I have never had much success sitting on clearings theres just to much chance of small wind changes stuffing it up and alerting deer you are there - homework how can I approach that clearing...
Liked On: 07-09-2024, 12:18 AM
Maybe sit on the edge of a clearing not in the middle of it, you would of disturbed them going into the clearing. Sounds like your on the right track tho, keep at it
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 10:24 PM
how big was the clearing?with respect I think you were wasting your time.
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 09:09 PM
Thomson track tops or wairere falls ?
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 09:07 PM
Yeah, sitting on a clearing in the Kaimais is a long road to boredom with the occasional moment of total embarrassment haha. Usually when you turn around and there's a yearling hind standing there...
Liked On: 06-09-2024, 09:06 PM