Dmathews87
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Did 7 miles around the NWR today. Found several oak stands dropping - red oaks mostly, with some willow wand water oaks mixed in- with no discernible deer sign around them. I know they aren’t the preferred acorn, but they are definitely aplenty. I wondered if it’s still so hot and dry that the tracks and movement aren’t preserved well, but I wasn’t finding much feeding sign around those oak stands. Yet.
Since we’re in such an extreme drought, I walked the creeks and sloughs to find any standing water I could. Most of them are dry - still no deer sign.
I kicked up a spotted fawn along a dry creek. That was the only deer I bumped and only sign I found.
There is a river that borders the western part of this area, and I didn’t get over along it, but I’m wondering if the deer may be staying close to it. My thinking is that water is scarce right now so it’s valuable? But I don’t know how much deer really drink.
Hogs are everywhere. I ran into ten or twelve on three separate occasions. A boar came within 8 yards and presented broadside to me. Would’ve been exciting if season was open.
Havent done much scouting on WMAs this year since i got the lease, but i can tell you i too have red oaks dropping without much feed sign. Places where the water oaks are prevalent are good options (like pearl river) they def hit those hard as water oaks can drop a ton of crop. Of course the white oaks are preferred if you can find them....as for water not a bad option to find those right now...water source with some food around it,even better.
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