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Crowded woods

You can find animals close to roads but people will be there as well. Animals will adapt to the pressure as well. However, most guys don't have the will or physical ability to go deep. However just because you hike further than everyone else doesn't mean you will see anything. It does mean you more than likely will have uninterrupted naps. lol
 
huntin_addict said:
Don't get discouraged because of people passing thru. I've shot more than 1 good buck after other hunters have passed thru. I shot one that came down the same exact trail 2 guys and a bird dog walked down 1/2 hour earlier. I hunt primarily heavily pressured public. Not all deer leave. As a mat of fact, I've found the majority of deer (including mature bucks) will adapt to the pressure. They will stop, lay low & let people pass on by. Not every hunter can go deeper, otherwise, thats where everyone would be. If you zero in on a good buck, don't let the presence of others run you off. Be patient, you might be surprised.
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This is definitely true. One of the areas I hunt was clear cut about 15 years ago and is grouse heaven and it gets hunted accordingly. I've had many instances where I've seen and even taken deer shortly after having bird hunters and their dogs pass by. I used to get frustrated by it and figure that my hunt had become strictly on observation exercise. However, I have found that the deer come to understand that bird hunters (and maybe guys in general just walking by) aren't necessarily a threat and while they will flee if noticed they don't typically go far, just enough to get out of the skirmish line. Then they continue on their way. Fact of the matter is that in a lot of the country if the deer abandoned an area everytime someone walked by they'd be completely nomadic.

I think that as long as they aren't acknowledged, i.e. a guy stopping and paying attention to them, they will just let unnoticing passers go by. After all the first defense a spotted fawn learns is to lay still and blend in at all costs. There's no reason to believe they abandon those lessons later in life.
 
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I consider any interior road, or established trail to be a few hundred yard wide zone of pressure. Guys have no problem walking a mile and a half down a road to set up close to it. I like to be at least a mile from any road, trail, or parking lot if pressure is expected. That’s one of the reasons I love kayak access so much!


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