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July 1st, 2020, 12:19 PM #11
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
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Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
I highly doubt the collective opinions of the local rumor mill are correct. Deer go where the food is. If there are too many deer they move on. He may be feeding the deer, or put in food plots, so now they're not eating your shrubs. Maybe he is poaching, but IMO to unleash the PGC on him with nothing more than suspicion is wrong.
A bunch of years ago a neighbor a mile down the road had their turkey fryer knocked over by a bear. The PGC tried to blame me because my place was a prior hunting camp with a corn feeder (long since retired) I wasn't home when the warden came sniffing around, but the girlfriend was and gave him an earful. I would have thrown him the fuck off the property and told to stay the fuck off without a warrant. The cocksucker literally used that complaint just to sniff around, no other reason.
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July 1st, 2020, 01:16 PM #13
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
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July 1st, 2020, 01:18 PM #14
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
I would agree that actual proof would be nice. I have always made it my business to know my neighbors in order to gauge what kind of people they are so maybe just a friendly knock on the door and a conversation is in order. Maybe he is wondering where they deer are as well this year.
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July 1st, 2020, 04:06 PM #15
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
Also take note if any predators have entered the area. Last year coyotes set up shop unbeknownst to me under the shed of my neighbor a few doors down. I'd seen them/heard them somewhat regularly, but couldn't pinpoint their origin. Ran all the does off early, and only bucks made 90% of the appearances. Deer population seemed to be cut big time, but they had just relocated a bit. The does were just holed up in the thickets about a 1/2 mile away closer to the river.
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July 1st, 2020, 10:36 PM #16
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
The next time you're going down the road at night with your family in the car and a deer doesn't dart out of the woods and you don't hit it with your car injuring you and your family and tearing up your car thank the guy that's shooting them pieces of chit. I wish my neighbor that owns a fairly good size farm on the other side of the road would do the same thing. Riding a motorcycle in the evening becomes an event that challenges even the mightiest of under drawers.
My side yard at night.
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July 1st, 2020, 10:45 PM #17
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July 2nd, 2020, 04:21 PM #18
Re: Seeing far fewer deer this year...think one guy might be responsible..
If one were truly interested, I suppose setting a game camera on the stand(s) visible from the adjacent trails not on "his" property may or may not provide an answer.
Rick
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