Well if you are located in an agricultural area the location may be one in the same, but better yet is when the deer exit their daytime bedding areas on your own land, they feed on your food plots and then head to their night time feeding areas.
Deer Eat During the Day. Because of that, their behavior, bedding areas, and travel routes are always changing, too. In the fall, deer … Deer are very fickle creatures. We don't have them in most of the areas I hunt so I am not sure how much deer prefer them.
Deer can feed anytime, but as prey animals, they tend to prefer the cover of darkness instead of broad daylight. In most areas inhabited by whitetails fall brings significant changes in weather patterns. They browse for tasty treats often found in open fields, then they dart into the safety of the woods or a thicket to chew their cud and watch for danger. Cows and deer will tolerate each other, but not to a high degree. 10. By Grant Woods, 12/03/2015. And food sources are always changing. 5.
Their head position changes many times during a sleep session, and they may lay with their front and back legs tucked under them, their back legs tucked and front legs extended and even on their side with all of their legs extended. Mid Night Feeding Pattern: After deer feed in their early evening food source, where do they go?
Jason,For sure, when acorns are dropping the deer will visit those sites heavily.
I refer to deer movement from bedding sites to food sources as the "Distance Factor." Predators and hunters can force deer to behave strangely as can food availability and weather concerns. If you’re checking your trail cameras during the summer too often or in a reckless fashion, you’re likely to push away any quality bucks in the area which will in turn reduce the quality of your scouting/inventory efforts. They do. Question.
Whitetail deer behaviors can change for any number of reasons. If an animal is placed under stress in their current environment, it will surely do its best to either remove the stress or … The change in feeding patterns from summer wooded areas to open fall food sources forces the deer to travel farther in search of food. Don’t think deer don’t move during the day. I don't know much about beechnuts. That may influence their patterns. Filed under: Hunting Tactics ← Grant's Answers — Hunting Tactics. Why did the deer change their pattern?
Two things jumped out at me as I scanned this week's rut reports.
You have to stay ahead of them and know what food sources deer will be hitting before they hit them.
Just like during hunting season, you can put too much pressure on deer, and if you do that, they’ll change their behavior. I better not take a guess on that.