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Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:20 am
by marshman
with the forcast for central and north MS to have a snow and ice event Sunday and Monday, do you think the deer will sense the change in weather and move/feed more on Saturday? I live in Washington County and hunt in Carroll County and the NWS is calling for anywhere from 4-8 inches of snow Sunday and Monday. I'm not sure we will see that much, but may see some snow and ice. Just wondering what yall opinions are?
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:29 am
by cwink
I am not sure if they will move or not... But it says 23 degrees and rain/ice/snow Sunday morning.. I am not sure I am going to move out of bed in that type of weather yet. I will bet they will move as soon as it stops though..
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:08 am
by DUCKAHOLIC
Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:38 am
by edub20
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
+1
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:40 am
by The Captain
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
+1
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:06 pm
by landscaper
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
I've never had that experience. It seems to bring them out of the woodwork in the places I hunt.
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:25 pm
by deltadukman
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
+50-11
Snow and real hard freezes lock the deer down big time. Last year when it was like 15-17 degrees nothing moved and if by chance it did, it was during the hottest(figuratively) part of the day, and I was on a jam up piece of property. When it goes into a hard freeze like that and the woods are completely still with hardly any activity(and I'm talking the birds not even making a peep), in my experiences your wasting your time. A little spitting snow is nothing, but a measurable amount and you can hang it up. When the front is moving in, Cwink, watch the barometric pressures right(hours) before the front hits...often times that is when the weather is at its worst, when they start dropping that is when the critters get to moving looking for food and shelter. I have caught many a fish and seen alot of deer right before a storm hit in front of a big front.
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:31 pm
by mshunter77
The most deer I ever saw in one hunt was one year in high school during thanksgiving break. It was 14 degrees that morning with a hard freeze. I saw more deer that morning by 7:45 than i have ever seen in one hunt. Saw 3 rack bucks, which was amazing for that camp at the time. When i shoot an 8 point that morning there were 9 deer in my sight.
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:36 pm
by LawDawg
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
What you talkin bout Willis?
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:00 pm
by DUCKAHOLIC
LawDawg wrote:DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
What you talkin bout Willis?
Them aint deer you froot loop.......them aliens.............damn deer scared of da snow.......why they all ganged up like that.....corn??
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 5:28 pm
by aweyerman
landscaper wrote:DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
I've never had that experience. It seems to bring them out of the woodwork in the places I hunt.
+10 Albanian deer don't have a clue what snow is so they just go apeshat and run around like crazy. Might just be because you can see them better but I doubt it. I say they run like crazy and if it snows I'm going to take a day or 2 off from the ducks and chase the wiley brown bone headed herbivores.
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:02 am
by marshman
Well i guess i was mainly interested in the day before the weather hits, like saturday and saturday afternooon. do you think they may sense the change in weather coming and feed/move more on saturday?
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:51 am
by edub20
marshman wrote:Well i guess i was mainly interested in the day before the weather hits, like saturday and saturday afternooon. do you think they may sense the change in weather coming and feed/move more on saturday?
Yes
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:53 pm
by AndyH
I know I'm from Ohio and I don't know chit about Ms deer hunting, but I do know about hunting in the snow. Our deer will feed heavy right before a snow storm and the day after a snow storm.I have Never had any luck hunting during the storm. If I had to pick a better day to hunt it would be right before the storm. If you have a harvested corn field on your property that is where I'd be.
Re: Wintry weather an deer movement
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:29 pm
by skuna
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Mississippi deer are scared of snow....they do not know what the hell its, and they think its the end of the world....they hibernate like bears
got 6 or 7 does and yearlings around the house feeding in a little food plot. the only time I've seen them in the past month was Christmas morning after it snowed. The older deer were a little jacked up, but they were moving and feeding.