axman Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Re: My Neighbor Do atvs scare the deer tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Re: My Neighbor I have a 70 Yr old Mentor and I would lay any amount of money that he could out scout, work, shoot and hunt 95% of us. The only rest he sees is on his bow. He's the hardest working retired person I have ever seen. The Gentleman you wrote about may not even know you are around. I would make friends with him and I bet, like the others, you could learn from him more than he could learn from you. Admire what he's done and try to emulate him. He's 70 yrs old and still hunting... he's done something right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Re: My Neighbor Chris, have you noticed any changes the deer have made because of the guy? Any way to use that to increase your chances? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Re: My Neighbor [ QUOTE ] Do atvs scare the deer [/ QUOTE ] I have a 400 yard wide parcel that is almost a mile long that shares a boundary with the state land, and I often will use my ATV to get to the top of the hill. That's where I park it and start hoofing it off to my various stands. It's a pretty steep hill and it is a quick and convenient way to get to the top where I start hunting about 600+ acres of state land. The experiences that I have had with deer vs. ATVs is that their reaction runs from just laying there watching me go by, to jumping up and running off a short distance and then watching me go by. That is the deer that I have actually seen. I'm sure there are a lot of others that I drive by without even knowing they are there. This is especially true of established trails where the deer have gotten used to seeing me go by. The one big exception is if I stop or get off. Then they take off like a ruptured duck. If they happen to be standing on or very close to the trail, and it looks like they are going to get run over, they generally run off out of sight. I suspect that in the deer's mind this probably represents pursuit. I'll bet they probably don't actually go very far though before they are calmed down again. Actually, the reactions that I have seen from spooked deer are a whole lot more frantic when I am on foot than when I am on an ATV. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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