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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Jul 25, 2014 12:21:06 GMT -4
Got the deer coming into the orchard still. To go down and start to setup my stand ready for season starting, from the look of the orchard I'll have a good supply for bait. No fawns at the moment but keep on looking.
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Post by lguthro on Jul 28, 2014 6:38:11 GMT -4
pulled into the yard last night big doe munching on some apples, then had a fire call in back of the race track seen two big beautiful does
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Aug 4, 2014 10:15:21 GMT -4
Couple of deer when coming back from Truro on Thursday and a deer still coming into the orchard. Made a temporary bait pile in front of the trail camera so that I could see what was around. Doe and fawn on it last week. - images to be uploaded shortly in the Trail Camera section.
Still plenty of rabbits around so can't wait until the season opener for them.
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Post by lguthro on Aug 5, 2014 8:10:53 GMT -4
drove into the deer stand this weekend, big doe and i don't even know how many rabbits
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Post by cochise on Aug 5, 2014 12:49:34 GMT -4
I saw the big fella Sunday morning that I mentioned I saw in the middle of June. He has bloomed !!... Very impressive deer.
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Post by mwo on Aug 5, 2014 13:21:30 GMT -4
There sure appears to be lots of Deer around in my neck of the woods. Only one buck to date however, Does and Fawns, enough to go around. Saw my first family of Pheasants in quite some time, right in my garden, twelve flying babies, Great to see. As well mowing the field last week I had a very upset Hen around the Tractor, I backed off and did not mow that part. We have a Fledgling Barred Owl hanging out here every night, sits on my garage peak. Screams like hell. I googled the call, apparently it is a Fledgling owl making a "Begging call" Some loud too and no fear of us. Not seeing any baby Partridge in my travels. Hope to have lots around as I might not hunt Deer this fall, might go back to the past and concentrate on birds? That remains to be determined. Lots of wildlife overall in my parts, this is a good thing. We need rain, lots of it!
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Sept 9, 2014 7:30:49 GMT -4
Saw a lovely doe at the edge of the treeline this morning when driving down our road, she watched me drive down then disappeared into the trees when I was level with her.
Haven't been into the woodlot yet to see if there are any grouse around yet.
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Post by cochise on Dec 24, 2014 15:24:06 GMT -4
I saw a great big fat feller !! Must'a been an 'old school' hunter, too ...All dressed in red, he was !! Not a stick o' blaze orange to be seen!! And've all things he was chasin' down what appeared to be 8 deer (all bucks actually)!! ...and drivin' a sleigh?! ? Don't he know the season is over??? I'm pretty sure I heard a woman say, (I think it was his wife)..."It's gonna rain, dear...Ho, Ho, Hold yer fire!" He said sumthin' about his new lazer sight was only lightin' up one's nose...er sumthin' to that effect !! ...and then they wuz gone!! ...before the wardens even made it here!! (Good thing I'm 'old school'...Dropped that red nosed one right in his tracks!! )
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Post by lguthro on Dec 31, 2014 11:55:57 GMT -4
^ HAHAHHA made my day
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 11, 2015 10:36:39 GMT -4
Anybody got any sightings recently of anything? I've seen a male pheasant around Antrim Road area a couple of times in the last month but nothing major.
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Post by lguthro on Apr 20, 2015 8:24:44 GMT -4
not seeing much birds, lots of coyotes no visual but can hear them.. seeing lots of deer along the 102 feeding, driving careful through there at night
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Post by lguthro on Apr 20, 2015 8:24:48 GMT -4
not seeing much birds, lots of coyotes no visual but can hear them.. seeing lots of deer along the 102 feeding, driving careful through there at night
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 21, 2015 14:02:36 GMT -4
Couple of pheasants wandering down the roadside yesterday, no grouse recently. Saw a herd of about 10 deer on my way to GSAR last night, all healthy including one young, and then saw a single young buck in Middle Musquodoboit.
Hopefully things'll start to improve and they'll continue to come out to feed as woods will probably be snow-covered until June/July.
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Post by lguthro on Apr 27, 2015 8:18:30 GMT -4
big beautiful Bald Eagle in between exit 7 and 6 inbound, had to be 3-4ft tall perched up in the tree
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 28, 2015 18:13:44 GMT -4
That will have been a lovely sight. Lesley advised me there were about 5 or 6 deer in our front yard last night about 2230. Really need to get the camera back out so that I can see what's coming into the orchard and how healthy they are.
Anyone got any photos yet or have cameras not been checked?
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Apr 30, 2015 9:08:51 GMT -4
Good to see the deer are coming back out again. Another 3 feeding next to the 118 last night and seeing more each day.
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on May 5, 2015 15:35:37 GMT -4
Spooked 2 more last night on my neighbours back yard while walking back home about 2000. No porcupine yet although have seen one skunk walking round in the middle of the day.
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Post by lguthro on May 11, 2015 9:44:00 GMT -4
while fishing got to watch an osprey on the hunt, pretty cool to see them dive bomb the water and come up with a fish in their talons
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on May 28, 2015 10:06:27 GMT -4
Lovely young doe while driving to work this morning. She stopped on the road in front of me before bounding into the woods.
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Oct 12, 2015 19:37:46 GMT -4
Time to resurrect this thread:
Saturday - one grouse and then a whitetail while out Small Game hunting Today - one grouse (little sod was up in the apple tree and I didn't have the shotgun with me)
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Nov 24, 2015 23:25:11 GMT -4
I own up. These weren't sighted during the day and also weren't physically seen by myself but were on my trail camera when I checked last Friday. I have 4 bucks coming into the orchard - 1 button/spike (right antler is about 3-4 inches but left is only 1-2 inches), 1 yearling (both tines fork at the very end of the spike making a small 4-pointer), ~ 2 year old 8 pointer and a ~ 3-4 year old atypical with a large antler base and thickset antlers.
I have photos on Facebook if anyone is interested, please PM me and I'll send the details.
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Post by g0rd0 on Nov 25, 2015 10:49:41 GMT -4
this is the first year in 20 that I have not got a deer stamp. I have not seen very many this year at all. Just a small hand full of does and little ones. The yotes are plentyful I have not seen 1 this year but almost nightly I can hear them calling along the river. So far I have yet to see any rabbits or grouse but then I have not ventured out except for 3 mornings cutting firewood. Next week I hope on finishing with the firewood then after deer season is over I plan on going out for some rabbit and yote shooting
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Post by mwo on Nov 26, 2015 7:21:21 GMT -4
this is the first year in 20 that I have not got a deer stamp. I have not seen very many this year at all. Just a small hand full of does and little ones. The yotes are plentyful I have not seen 1 this year but almost nightly I can hear them calling along the river. So far I have yet to see any rabbits or grouse but then I have not ventured out except for 3 mornings cutting firewood. Next week I hope on finishing with the firewood then after deer season is over I plan on going out for some rabbit and yote shooting The deer took a beating in my area last Spring with the snow staying toil May. Many dead ones on my woodlot. Early summer I saw a few Deer, but they vanished, perhaps the end results of prolonged starvation?. I bought a tag, hunted 15 days without seeing a deer in the woods, put the gun away for the year at that time. Spin off is that there are plenty of rabbits and Birds..
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Post by cochise on Nov 26, 2015 8:17:48 GMT -4
I suspect that is what happened, Lee. I think there are 4 stages to starvation...late 3rd and into the 4th it is unlikely the animal can survive because of damage to the organs. Even though they're on what appears to be good browse, their bodies are already degenerating. People see the yarded deer in the spring and think, woo hoo...all's good! Gotta wait and see, cuz every spring is a recovery period for the deer...and some are too far gone to make that recovery. This past spring, with the heavy iced and crusted snow pushed them beyond...IMHO
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Post by mwo on Nov 29, 2015 6:07:41 GMT -4
I suspect that is what happened, Lee. I think there are 4 stages to starvation...late 3rd and into the 4th it is unlikely the animal can survive because of damage to the organs. Even though they're on what appears to be good browse, their bodies are already degenerating. People see the yarded deer in the spring and think, woo hoo...all's good! Gotta wait and see, cuz every spring is a recovery period for the deer...and some are too far gone to make that recovery. This past spring, with the heavy iced and crusted snow pushed them beyond...IMHO It was a bad seen Bob, Dead Deer just 100 yards from my camp. Every day from Mid April onward I heard Ravens in the back part of the lot, different locals each time. I knew what was up...Mother Nature is hard to control, but the forest industry we can control, which of course cuts down the DWA's...
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Post by cochise on Nov 29, 2015 9:44:47 GMT -4
I hunt up around Tatamagouche, and they cut the French River DWA a few years ago. I was talking to a trapper up there (ex-DNR) a couple of weeks ago who lives over towards New Annan, and he said the deer are close to non-existant over there. Another fella I know, whose camp is about 3 miles as the crow flies from where I hunt, had 3 buddies at his camp for a week...I am told they never saw a tail. Now...I don't know how good they are as hunters, but surely one would have stumbled upon a deer at some point in time.
I dunno... I don't think there is anyone / anything / any means to circumvent DNR's plans...Whatever that plan may be. It's just my opinion but, surely to God, the people there understand the need for a long term vision, and are not simply immediately reactive. It's perplexing, and to date, disappointing.
We have deer because of my partner's food plotting efforts, which has spilled over to the local farmers who are now changing their farming practices...tillage of fallow fields, bush hogging of reclaimed areas, etc. So far, the deer have remained.
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Post by mwo on Nov 30, 2015 7:36:03 GMT -4
I hunt up around Tatamagouche, and they cut the French River DWA a few years ago. I was talking to a trapper up there (ex-DNR) a couple of weeks ago who lives over towards New Annan, and he said the deer are close to non-existant over there. Another fella I know, whose camp is about 3 miles as the crow flies from where I hunt, had 3 buddies at his camp for a week...I am told they never saw a tail. Now...I don't know how good they are as hunters, but surely one would have stumbled upon a deer at some point in time. I dunno... I don't think there is anyone / anything / any means to circumvent DNR's plans...Whatever that plan may be. It's just my opinion but, surely to God, the people there understand the need for a long term vision, and are not simply immediately reactive. It's perplexing, and to date, disappointing. We have deer because of my partner's food plotting efforts, which has spilled over to the local farmers who are now changing their farming practices...tillage of fallow fields, bush hogging of reclaimed areas, etc. So far, the deer have remained. Do not know Bob, I consider myself a fair to middlin Hunter, I did not see a Deer (in the wood) this year...less then 10 pics in 5 cams spread out over a 15-20 mile range in previously excellent deer woods, from Sept to yesterday. Some of the suggestions I am reading on the NSH and FB sites is that baiting should be outlawed. If that occurred I often wonder if Plotting would fall into that too? Folks should be careful what they wish for. I do not plot, never got myself around that concept...I can see how it might benefit, but also see how it might hinder, perhaps change deer movement and habit on a more permanent basis...Do not really know?
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Post by lsf on Dec 1, 2015 6:28:21 GMT -4
To add to the horrible winter lotsa stories about poaching up that way this year Bob. I spent 3 nights at the camp up near Tatamagouche last week and the neighbour told some wild stories about people shooting in his fields at night and how folks were running the roads and tracks shooting at any deer they seen anywhere anytime...people have to start reporting this crap not just talking about it. The people from outside the community up there , like us, are getting a very bad rep you know "the hunters from away" ........ a few ruin it for the many....we hunt a private piece of land 3-4 days a year and rarely harvest anything , although we see lotsa deer (not as many this year after last winter) we built the camp just to get away and enjoy "camp life" deer are a bonus if you see the right one. I can kill deer 10 minutes from home anytime during the season if I desire. Its a real shame that DNR doesn't have the budget for more enforcement (and management programs) ....here at my end of the valley there are 1 1/2 CO's for the whole area... by far not enough and we have some big shot picture taking jeep driving jackers down this way believe you me .......guess I am rambling on ... its a sad situation
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Post by cochise on Dec 1, 2015 10:20:01 GMT -4
I saw a nice 8-pointer Sunday night...10:00PM...standing in my backyard !! LOL
Mike, Our deer camp neighbour had his llama shot and killed late last week. I did most of my hunting during the week, this year. I only hunted 2 Saturdays, and was deep in the woods, but he was telling us there are lots of road warriors this year. I shot a 6-point on the 12th, and last Wednesday I went up with my buddy in case he needed some help. Starting at 4:00, there was one truck that I heard coming and it slowed down to a crawl when it just about got to the end of the gated and posted roadway that leads to the cattle pasture. They were staring hard up the road. (We were parked on that roadway behind the gate.) 1/2 hour later, they were back...same thing. 1/2 hour later (for the third time), they were back...same thing. I was beginning to feel not too safe!! I can only imagine how the landowners feel having to put up with that every day! I think with the deer numbers down the way they are, people are doing things and taking risks more than they normally would. It's not right, by any stretch of the imagination, but the 'brown it's down' and 'gotta get my deer' mentality is what fuels them to do stupid things. Granted, there are some who are going to do those stupid things even when the deer numbers are good. I think I'm kind'a ramblin' !! LOL Long story, short...Those folks aren't helping the hunter's rep, at all.
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Post by lsf on Dec 2, 2015 6:28:30 GMT -4
the same sort of stories that we have heard while we were up there Bob. Guess it has always happened and like you say those who do it and have done it will always do it, doesn't make it right though. and it happens all over, I hunt away from the valley crowd here at home I tuck myself into a little spot on the North Mountain to avoid the crowd of morons driving the roads from field to field...same jackasses every year ...... like you say its the "gotta get my deer mentality" ... my hunting partner is headed back up to camp today, we usually have it closed up for the year by now but he is making his 3rd trip.... wish I could be there but life's responsibilities take priority
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