How do you know when a deer is coming?

[Patrick.Long]

What do you guys think of this? What are your best tips and tricks?[emoji3166]

 

https://omegaoutdoors.blog/when-are-deer-coming/

 

 

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[wtnhunt]

Thanks for sharing.  Got a late start into hunting here, but after over 25 years of time in the woods I still occasionally get fooled by other critters.  But guess that is part of it, being surprised when you have that buck pop out that stealthily snuck into your grunts and showed up with you not ready or the buck that appears over a field ridge in the middle of the field that you never saw at the edges.  Part of what gets the heart pumping imo is the element of surprise.  And too many times to count have and still have it happen where in the dark sitting in a stand in the woods have a deer you hear walk in and all of a sudden you quit hearing it but as it gets light the deer vanished. 

Biggest tip is to be alert and pay attention and learn, don't discount details.  Too many times to count have had clues that I just knew a good buck was around by factors/details that I have learned over the years to pay attention to.

Even after over 25 years seems I learn or see something new each year that I had never seen or noticed before.    

[Ravin R10 man]

You have covered most of them for sure. Observing what the "Other" birds or animals do is very helpful. 

[Ultradog]

Hearing deer is one thing I miss about sitting in an enclosed blind after all the years I hunted in thick woods in an open tree stand. I always listened intently to the sounds of the woods and was alerted to more deer by sound than by movement. I can remember sitting there, bored, cold, sleepy and would close my eyes and just listen.

Part of the reason I built the blind was the property I hunt at is bordered on one side by a busy highway so there is not much chance of hearing a deer anyway.