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Questions:
I have been hunting deer here in the
Scottsdale area with my bow for a few years and besides a few misses
have not got much to show for it. My questions are as follows, Do
these mule deer keep to specific patterns or do they migrate around in
the mountains alot. Do I continue spot and stalk with Binos and Scopes
or can they be patterned? If I spook one with Does in a bed will he
stay with them or head to greener pastures? I seem to find deer in new
areas but then If I blow the stalk and go back in a day or so the does
are still around but the Buck is not. Happened Yesterday Got to within
40 yards of a real wall hanger and he blew, went back this morning and
found the does but the Buck was gone?? Am new here from the east and
any help would be great. Also should I be looking more up high or in
the foothills?
Terry Bross
Answers:
Hey! Thanks for the great questions!
In Arizona, habitat is always key. Water
and food supply are always to be considered when questioning migration
etc. The movement of the deer in the morning will be from water to
bedding areas and in the evening will be from bedding areas to feeding
areas. So, if you can figure out where the deer are getting water and
food, you have a good idea of where they might be at certain times of
the day.
As far as which type of hunting to do, I
would let environmental/weather conditions be my guide. If conditions
dictate spot and stalk, keep with it. If water and food are in short
supply, setting at these areas is a good idea.
Be sure of your situation when moving onto
a buck deer. Usually, a buck will only be busted once in an area. So
if you mess it up, chances are you won't find the buck in the same
area again. AND ABOVE ALL---Deer trust their noses more than any
other sense. If they smell you, they know for a fact what you are.
If they are to see movement/hear movement and spook, they may not know
what spooked them and therefore be less apt to leave the area.
It sounds like you are well on your way to
bagging a deer here in AZ. Keep up with it. My best advice is to
limit the actual stock attempts to situations where you have the wind
in your favor and are fairly certain a stock attempt will get you a
good shot. I can't tell you the times I have stalked on deer only to
find I had no shot and then was busted by the deer. When that
happens, you just gave the deer a lesson and they will only be more
difficult to stalk on the next time.
Let me know how progress is going.
Todd Hulm
Team AZOD
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