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Allyn T:
That's what I was wonder about, how many deer I never even see because they smelled me from far off and just took another route

Hawkdancer:
A couple of cold fronts are expected to hit the high country and plains this weekend and early next week.  Haven't seen any deer yet, but the corn isn't all in and a lot of grain crops are stallion the field.  the mill is running long hours.  Hope we get some action with the rut!
Hawkdancer

BowEd:
The deer that smelled me was on the move from it's bed in the bottom slew grass.I'm sure of that.I know where they come from being bedded down.My mistake going out on such a windy day.The scent will carry a long long ways.Just a matter of going out with the wind layed down and from the right way.There is a good chance yet.Just smelling me around here is'nt quite as alarming to move completely out of the area for good as seeing me is on top of it.She did'nt do that.Movement route may change though for a bit.Many does' out there that did'nt smell me either and I bet in your situation also.If they smell you they'll let you know.
Deer seem to run on a system that makes them 90% to a nervous break down 24 hours a day.Can't blame them since everything is after them.They smell alarming things to them quite often since they take the responsibility of looking out for their fawns,but yea man is a major red flag to them.They reeducate seasoned hunters all the time.
A couple of my stands are just too close together,but they are on their travel routes.Patience and time will win out in the long run.I try to get shooting lanes from different directions for different ways the wind wlll come from.
The corn will be out soon and seeing them flat out in the open will become more evident.Larger groups will show themselves.I've seen as many as close to 30 or more in the past.There will be plenty of lost ears on the ground I'm sure for them to browse on.My friend who farms my corn lets me know what's going on while combining too.I used to see the numbers of deer myself while coon hunting and know they are out there.
Too windy again this morning.Maybe this evening if the wind lays down.Usually does except in the winter when it can come up at midnight or anytime.Front will have come through by then.Wind will be from the east and very light by then hopefully.With that though some light rain is coming.East wind is always a wet direction most times.

Fox:
I hunt on public land but no one really hunts around here except a few people on private land so I pretty much for the most part have the whole forest to myself as far as hunters go... but the deer population is scarce and I have yet to actually see one while I'm sitting next to the "prime" deer trails. If I see a deer it's when I'm hiking into my hunting spot and they always see me first  :( my odds are not great I have a trail camera on my best trail and see a deer maybe every few days on it, usually around 2:00 in the middle of the day, strange? I can usually only get out two times a week for an afternoon hunt, so my odds a pretty low of getting a shot the whole season. I guess I can hope to get lucky

Allyn T:
Fox I'd consider hunting near where you bump deer on your way in.

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