NHOUTLAW Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 have spent the last 60 somthing days hunting just about everyday. havnt seen a deer or any sign for that matter. iv walked over 20 miles. and have over 70 hours in stand. and when i finaly find a spot to hunt, I drive in and there are already 4 trucks parked there. so I think its time to pack the gear up and drink beer. What do you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 i don't blame ya! 60 days hunting and not seeing anything is rough. i do however, think you need to hunt elsewhere. i also think that if 4 trucks are there, then there must be deer somewhere in there. you're stands are in the wrong spots. not many places i've gone and haven't seen a deer with even close to that many hours on stand or still hunting through the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Can't imagine that. You need to move far from there. Where do you hunt? State and county? Got to be decent pub land somewhere or a decent lease to pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHOUTLAW Posted November 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 just about everything here in nh is public land. iv been to 4 diffrent towns in 2 county. everyone is killin deer i just cant find any. and the spot the trucks where at its a small ridge like thats maybe a half mile long and about that in width. and everything around it is has yellow posters on it. so you cant hunt it. and i own 200 acers with 2 food plots on it making up 30 acers and it has mostly oak on it with some beach but not deer her or anywhere around it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshall270 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 If you've got 200 acres with 2 food plots, and you know deer are in the area, then you need to take a moment and really analyze the situation from every angle. You're probably just needing to adjust some of the things you're doing. First thing id do is keep working your own land. If you've got 200 acres with food plots you shouldnt need public land. It could be something as simple as controlling your scent or working with the wind. It could also be that the deer are there and you haven't found where. I hunt on 180 acres and for an entire weekend I didn't see two huge scrapes that were 15-20yds from my blind right out in the open. One of them we think was possibly made while I was in the blind. Deer are pretty sly when they want to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Welcome to the foums. With food plots and oaks, you should have deer around. Are you seeing any sign on your 200 acre place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
535hunter Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 My mother lives in Charlestown and up back of there place on farm property is a ton of good sign. Here in Vermont I have only seen doe's so the frustration is on this side of the river too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soillap Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 My grandad always use to say " sometimes life sucks but you've got to suck it up and keep going cause you never accomplish anything when you quit." Kinda rough sounding but he was in 187th airborne during the Korean War. Had 157 days in combat and made several risky jumps so I figured he knew about life sucking and should probably listen. Just don't give up hard work always pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 giving up Get a better seeing eye dog! Obviously I'm messing a little here but something is way off. Buy a trail camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Get a better seeing eye dog! Obviously I'm messing a little here but something is way off. Buy a trail camera. i'm typing this not knowing how much experience hunting you have.... as Hoosier said get a camera - one that has field scan mode (takes a picture after a period of time regardless if something is in front of it or not). put one facing out into each of your food plots. check it after 5 days or so. see where the deer are coming into the food plot. go to the food plot, find that spot, and setup a trail cam to watch the trails coming into it closer. keep doing this and work your way back into the woods until you have pictures of deer during legal shooting hours. then setup a stand and hunt it. all the while you should keep in mind that you've got to be able to get to the stand and hunt in it without the wind blowing your scent toward where the deer are coming from. remember to sit quiet and still without moving much or fast for hours when the photos were taken of the deer (you'd be surprised at how many hunters can't do this worth a darn). you will see deer eventually if you do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHOUTLAW Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Decided after seeing about 7 or 8 buck in the back of truck today id take off the rest of the day and rewalk my land. and nothing at all. so i packed up and went to a friends far about 70 miles away and we walked it for 6 hours. up one side and down the other. and nothing. as far as the trail cams have 10 on this property. and 6 on anouther. amd havnt gotten a pic sence the week befor youth season. seeing eye dog wont help eather. all my hounds are for bear and lions. and iv been hunting for 16 years or so. have killed a few nice bucks 150 inches or so. but cant find any deer sign at all anywhere iv hunted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Been there. threw my bow away because of it as a matter of fact. Sometimes you gotta pack it in, but then I always have a vision of a big 'ol buck walking by my stand the next day and I'm not in it. So I set the alarm for 4:30am and do it all again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 giving up Walking is the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Walking is the issue. +1 Pour out a pile of corn in front of a camera (if legal there). Come back in a week, if there's no pictures either move or sell everything you hunt with and get a nice set of clubs and a golf cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHOUTLAW Posted November 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 how is walking the issue?? If im not finding sign or getting pic of deer how els am i saposed to find them? This isnt the midwest where you can sit on a field and see deer and pattern them. And baiting isnt legal here. What i dont understand is how are the rest of them finding deer and i cant find anything anywhere. And I HATE golf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'm not suggesting you bait deer, and yeah the golf remark was tongue in cheek. If legal to apply some feed (not hunt over it) then do it to see what you have in the area. If you think there are no deer around (which is hard to believe) then that will prove or disprove your theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 giving up Walking around only creates disturbance and alerts animals of your presence. You said this was big woods with food plots. If those food plots aren't drawing deer then the wrong thing is planted or you simply have a very low deer population. It doesn't matter that it isn't the Midwest. Deer are creatures of habit and can be patterned anywhere. By walking the deer have "patterned" you on your property as a danger area and they are not using it. Do you have bedding cover? Is there water on your property? What foodies planted? Can you post a aerial of your ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHOUTLAW Posted November 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 there is one small pond and a few streams that go all over the place. One plot is imperian clover and the other is imperial winter greens. I dont kwno how to plot pics of the map but its a 200 acer piece with some mature pines and mostly oak and beach. and 2 small apple orchards. have logging roads all threw the land. basicly cuts it into 5 smaller pieces. it buts up against national forest that gets pushed realy hard first week of rilfe and muzz season. I havnt walked this land sence oct 29 and befor that was some time in september. but cameras get checked every 2 weeks. all the walking iv done has been other chunks of land that i hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 stay after it. Everything you have said says deer should be there. Just keep working hard. If you could do some cutting and create a few bedding areas that are close to the water and food I think it would help a great deal. Is there any way for you to turn your winter greens into a row crop plot? I'd recommend like eagle seed forage beans broadcast out. Use a cultipacker if possible and they should grow. The aerial would just be to show us exactly what your talking about so we might be able to help pinpoint a few areas. It's easy to get comfortable on your own land and miss sign that others might see. I rountinely send aerials to my buddies when I want a second look to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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