23 July ScoutingWe have received a good bit of deer scouting feedback from those that have been and those that are planning a trip out before the season. Most that have been, have agreed with the earlier assessment the deer herd is up compared to previous years. Most report seeing good numbers of deer in most locations with reports of few deer far the minority. One set of member feedback inclusive of the pictures below was sent in to add fuel to the standing corn and deer hunt quality debate.
The area where the cornfield extends back into the section over a ridge that secures the cornfield from road and farm yard activity the deer showed much recurring browse activity. The outside two rows along the secluded area to six rows in spots were browsed down. This side of the cornfield is boarded partly by a fallow pasture and mostly by hay ground. Inside the cornfield showed no such browse activity and the majority of tracks were along this edge, not inside the field.
Evidence of recurring deer browse shown by the corn attempting to re-growing its main stalk.
From top of the ridge to the road, the outside corn rows were untouched.
Where the corn field meets a substantial wood patch we expected to see deer activity of a parallel trail and corn stalk browsing and found neither. The many spider webs bridging from tree to corn further showed no deer passage.
Second week in July velvet. A morning picture moving away from the cornfield pictured above (only crop for 1/2 mile) along the fallow pasture edge of a lightly wooded dry drainage that connects after about a 1/4 mile to another dry drainage. Nearest water is a stock pond in the adjoining pasture about a 1/4 mile distance. The trail this buck was on was almost a direct connection to the browsed corn rows.
The pictures on the motion camera were mostly of doe and small bucks, both day and night. Our binoculars allowed us eyes on a good sized 10 pointer.
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