I'm kind of worried about hunting this year, big acorn crop this year. I hunt food plots not the best for me.

The acorns are down early this year. There is a bumper crop of hickory nuts and acorns this year, but by November...not a hindrance.

You can always you know....throw up a stand in an oak grove.

I think that deer have poor hearing. On at least 3 seperate occasions I have only shot my rifle twice during the entire year. The first time was missing the deer, and the 2nd time was shooting the deer as he did the Scoobie Do run trying to figure out which way the shot came from so he can run in the opposite direction. Three seasons ago I shot a buck and dropped him, then turned and shot the doe he was following because she was standing there trying to figure out WTF was going in.

I hunt on a 12' deer stand in pretty thick woods, so maybe the echos screw with them. I smoke and drink coffee in my stand, and after a night of beans and beer at deer camp, I usually let loose with plenty of raunch biscuits. Granted I am not bow hunting, but nearly all of the shots I make are at 30 yards, which most bow hunters can hit.

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Uhh.. No. Dear have very sharp hearing. Much much better than yours. Your situation was likely caused by the deer being confused and scared.

Deer have outstanding hearing. I've had them hear my jacket rub bark on a tree as I moved . I had a buck 20 yards away bolt last year when my arrow tinked lightly on the stand as I stood up to draw.

They can tell within a very precise where a bleet or grunt or crunching leaf comes from from further away than you'd think. Hell, light sounds are half of their communication.

As for the cars....their eyes are built to see at night and they don't see really in color. Lights from a car blind them...thats why they react silly at night or stand still.

I plan on going to gods country up on the Loess Hills of Iowa for a weekend in the beginning of November. My dad has a huge spread up there full of Pope and Young deer. I haven't shot one in about four years. I need to get into it like I did when I was younger but it's so damn time consuming.

So that doesn't explain during like afternoon they will stand on 435 going north then all the sudden run out. Plain daylight. Oh well.

Noise scaring them explains that.....unless its early November...then its "pussy blindness"

hah. well.....great play by gordon! (denny matthews voice)

A friend of mines father guided a muzzle loader hunt and got this beast on opening day. Rough score was 211. Sorry for the bad quality, cheap cell phone pics. The guy holding the rack is about 5'10 and 165lbs just to help gauge how big the thing really is.

Nice rack

you ever whistle while rabbit hunting? same thing with deer.

find you an apple tree or set some out. game winner.

soft grunt.
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