how afraid of 4-wheelers are bucks?

cmiddleton · Nov 26, 2006

i think he's going to get lucky.

nv_hunter · Nov 26, 2006

I am sure some areas are diferant but I have been ontop of amountain at daylight watching bucks feed and a quad six miles away will shine there lights up the canyon and the deer will move over a canyon.

YukonDall · Nov 26, 2006

I'VE HAD AT LEAST 50 BUCKS STAND AND WATCH ME ON MY QUAD BETWEEN 25-60 YARDS DURING THE SEASON. SOME WATCH, SOME WALK.......THE QUAD HAS A STRANGE EFFECT ON MULEDEER. YES, THEY WERE RUTTING. YD.

ADDICT · Nov 27, 2006

From my experience, the more traffic in an area, big bucks will have two options: Get out of the country or two (which I think is more typical) they will not move until you either physical step on them or make eye contact. The last two mature deer I have harvested were in an area I least would've expected, bedded in the thickest crap imaginable and never moved until I shot them because they figured noone could see them. One was 200 yds from a public road and we had just backpacked 6 miles for three days and were calling the trip quits when I lucked out and spotted him. Big deer are smart and I've been shocked at how they hunker down until they have to bust. Just my two cents.