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12-06-2008, 10:43 AM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Dec 2008
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| |  Fox Hunting and the Deer
Does anybody have any experience with fox hunters during deer season? I'm interested in hearing your opinion about fox hunters and their impact on deer and their patterns. Thanks
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12-06-2008, 11:42 AM
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anybody going through the woods that the deer see or smell will affect their routine, positively or negatively. there aren't any fox hunters around here but there are bird hunters, dog walkers, sunday afternoon strollers, bike riders, you get the picture. i would be thankful for fox hunters. not so much because of the deer but because they play heck with turkeys. trapping is the method of choice around here for fox. why? are they messing up your deer hunt? i guess i'm just wondering why cause thats a new one.
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12-06-2008, 01:05 PM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Dec 2008
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I'm in a hunt club, and a member staged a fox hunt. The farm looked like a carnival. There were 50 dogs, dozens of horses and trucks everywhere.
I cant help but think that these hunts -- all throughout rifle season -- negatively affect the deer and their patterns. I agree that is helps the turkey.
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12-06-2008, 01:15 PM
|  | B&C 180 Class | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY
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i have no experience with this but i would think with that kind of army storming the property the deer are long gone,will they come back?who knows others hunters may have gotten them cars,predators etc.they basiclly did a HUGE DRIVE.they shouldnt do this during deer season unless you got standers waiting for the deer
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison.
Genesis 27:3 "The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer." Second phase, I want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting." - Jim Slinsky
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12-06-2008, 02:01 PM
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OHHHHH those fox hunts. Normally they are held on certain days right ? like Saturdays. The deer will know this and could be in there at other times of the week. If there is food and the like, which normally there is, where they run the hounds the deer will be there. those hounds are pretty well trained and more often than not will not chase a deer. I'd work with the area to figure out what the deer are doing. Heck there is one place I hunt that people walk their dogs, unleashed, out some old logging roads and trails, everyday. others ride horses through there and there is a kid with a motor bike that rides the trail. the deer are there and just work with it. So I do as well. Don't give up on it if there are deer in there without exhausting all options.
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12-06-2008, 02:26 PM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Dec 2008
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Good points guys.
I've seen a lot of deer out there, but after that fox hunt at dusk, there were no deer -- not a surprise. I forgot a fox hunt was going on that day, so that was my fault. But I'm glad I got to witness what a fox hunt was all about.
That day -- between 530pm and 6pm (almost completely dark), I heard 3 separate shots from different locations, probably within a mile. I can't help but think that hunters nearby may have shot at deer that were pushed off our club land.  It's the 1st year of our club, so I expect that this event will be a hot topic.
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12-06-2008, 07:33 PM
| | B&C 180 Class | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY
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they should hold the hunt after deer season.BY the way ronn how the heck are the deer gonna know what day the hunt is going to be?
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison.
Genesis 27:3 "The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer." Second phase, I want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting." - Jim Slinsky
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12-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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postings in the local paper!? no, if its an every sat thing they get use to it, deer being creatures of habit. if its a random thing that's different.
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12-06-2008, 09:43 PM
| | B&C 180 Class | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY
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i was just bustin em 
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison.
Genesis 27:3 "The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer." Second phase, I want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting." - Jim Slinsky
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12-07-2008, 06:52 AM
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it was funny. made me chuckle
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