Deer Bed Question

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Deer Bed Question

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Early yesterday afternoon I was out scouting with the recent light snow we had and found one area with 6 fresh deer beds in good balsam cover. They all occured within 40 yards of each other. All were used since we got snow the night before, and I suspect I actually pushed a couple of them off their beds given the quick escape route they took over skim swamp-ice directly away from my approach path. I know there were at least two different animals given the sizes of the beds. I could not figure out them all due to meandering tracks. How do I interpret this?

Do deer use the same beds day after day? (night after night)

Do I assume there are 6 deer there, or just a couple using a few different beds?
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Could be 2 deer bedding in same area, If i think i jumped deer from their beds I feel the ground where they were bedded and if warm I can tell how many deer I jumped. Hawk just trying to help
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If it's below freezing just check to see if the bed is frozen or not to get an idea if they were there recently. They may return to the general area to bed again, but it's hard to predict. Depens a lot on what else is available and how pressured they feel.
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Good thread.. :D
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maple wrote:Early yesterday afternoon I was out scouting with the recent light snow we had and found one area with 6 fresh deer beds in good balsam cover. They all occured within 40 yards of each other. All were used since we got snow the night before, and I suspect I actually pushed a couple of them off their beds given the quick escape route they took over skim swamp-ice directly away from my approach path. I know there were at least two different animals given the sizes of the beds. I could not figure out them all due to meandering tracks. How do I interpret this?

Do deer use the same beds day after day? (night after night)

Do I assume there are 6 deer there, or just a couple using a few different beds?
I would like to see a picture of a deer bed. Anyone. 8)
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http://images.google.com/images?sourcei ... a=N&tab=wi
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Thank you very much!
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Here's another. http://www.lt416.com/Deer%20in%20Bed.jpg
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It has been my experience that they bed in the same area but not always the same bed ...

Sometime you will be able to find one spot that has old beds , new beds etc. judging from the freshness of the sign ...

Here is a picture of a bedding area that we always puch deer out of ... it is approx 1 acre of pines and they bed here and there in it ...

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Here is another pine stand beside a food source ....

The bed here ...

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And feed here ...

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BigBird-VA wrote:Here's another. http://www.lt416.com/Deer%20in%20Bed.jpg
What are you doing with .....

:shock: :shock: YOU'RE SICK!!! :o :D lol
Not sure if we should hear the story behind that one?!?!?!?! :lol:
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BigBird-VA wrote:Here's another. http://www.lt416.com/Deer%20in%20Bed.jpg

nice... hauhuahuauhauhua
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BigBird-VA wrote:Here's another. http://www.lt416.com/Deer%20in%20Bed.jpg
That's really bizarre. And what's with the monoleg?

That deer looks about as good as some bad mounting jobs I've seen! :)
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Inflatable decoy :lol:

Some just think and live with the feel of deer, day and night :oops:
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