Deer covering themselves with leaves
A nephew report a deer covered itself with leaves to hide from hunters. I have never heard of this and was wondering if anyone else has observed this. Thanks.
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Absoulte B.S. Nothing more. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Fatboy lives
Absoulte B.S. Nothing more.
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Yes and they are into the Ghillie suits too.[:D][:D][:D] Be careful out there. [;)] 0 -
Around here they morph into Squirrels, Blue Jays and stumps to avoid being seen. [}:)] 0 -
Where I hunt, I'm a firm believer that they "tunnel"!!!!!!!
They better hope I never find out where the entrance or exit is of that danged tunnel!!0 -
I have certainly seen deer go into small stands of Gambel's oak and hide with their bodies among the mostly remaining brown leaves. They also often bed and feed in such groves as well. I am talking about little stands about 5-7 tall, and 20 to 60 feet in diamenter. 0 -
Here is my "deer do funny things" tale. Once while hunting from horseback in the desert, I was sitting in the saddle on the bank of a deep wash eating a sandwich with my leg swung over the saddle horn. I was just looking down into the wash when suddenly a huge buck came trotting down the wash not more then 50 feet from me and the horse. The bank I was on was probably 30 feet above the bottom of the wash.
I froze, but the horse swung his head around and snorted. The buck immediately dropped to his belly on the ground with his head stretched out and his chin flat against the desert floor.
He remained that way for at least a couple of minutes until I couldn't stand it any longer and tried to swing off the horse.
The squeaking of the saddle caused the buck to jump up and run. He was gone before I could do anything. Old smart bucks do funny things to stay alive....thats my story and I'm sticking to it. [:)][:)]
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This fall I was looking down on a nice buck from about 1000 yds away through the spotting scope. He was feeding about 50 yds from a dirt road. A couple guys (obviously road hunting)drove by the deer and he just layed himself flat on the ground until they drove past then he stood up and went right back to eating.
Don't know about them hiding in leaves...0 -
Nothing a deer does would surprise me. I've seen them do a lot of things they ain't supposed to do. Years ago we used to joke about if deer ever learned to look up into trees. Now they do look up into trees. Once I saw a man walking down a trail with his rifle slung, smoking a cigar. There was a big buck walking about twenty yards behind him with his head throwed back sniffing that cigar smoke and trailing the hunter. [:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
I have certainly seen deer go into small stands of Gambel's oak and hide with their bodies among the mostly remaining brown leaves. They also often bed and feed in such groves as well. I am talking about little stands about 5-7 tall, and 20 to 60 feet in diamenter.
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Saw a guy shoot into a small cow pasture pine thicket about 11:00 am on opening day and about 15 does ran out.
Am also convinced that deer can READ!
(if they can't why do they stand out fearlessly in the open on posted property?)
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Thanks for the replies. I am sure deer have some survival skills we are not aware of. I just hope they do not learn to wear orange hats. Thanks again. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by dano
Never seen any deer try to hide in leaves, but I have heard of some dressing up like cattle. [:D]
Yeah, when I lived in New Jersey folks used to shoot them while they were still wearing their cow camouflage.0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
Nothing a deer does would surprise me. I've seen them do a lot of things they ain't supposed to do. Years ago we used to joke about if deer ever learned to look up into trees. Now they do look up into trees. Once I saw a man walking down a trail with his rifle slung, smoking a cigar. There was a big buck walking about twenty yards behind him with his head throwed back sniffing that cigar smoke and trailing the hunter. [:D]
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quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
Nothing a deer does would surprise me. I've seen them do a lot of things they ain't supposed to do. Years ago we used to joke about if deer ever learned to look up into trees. Now they do look up into trees. Once I saw a man walking down a trail with his rifle slung, smoking a cigar. There was a big buck walking about twenty yards behind him with his head throwed back sniffing that cigar smoke and trailing the hunter. [:D]
I was trying to keep the bears away.0 -
I wouldn't worry until he sees one loading Hi cap AK Mags.[:D][:D][:D] 0 -
Now if they can just learn to stay out of the fast lane on the Hwy... 0 -
Golly!
For a while I thought I'd stumbled on the liars forum, looks just like the GunBroker forum.[:D][:D]0 -
You never know, people have been hunting deer for a LONG TIME,
and this area is probably a prime hunting area, so its possible that the dear would learn to adapt and try to protect themselves, possibly by covering themselves, how hard would it be to do, roll in the leaves, thats all.
I'm just curious when the deer will start shooting back [:D]0 -
Well I don't know about them covering themselves with leaves - never seen that. But I have flown millions of acres on deer census lines in a helicopter and have seen deer (including trophy bucks) lay on the ground under blackbrush (about 4' tall) or other brush and not move. Once hovered in a Bell 47 at 6-10' over a 180 class buck laying down in the brush that absolutely would not move. We were definitely blowing back the brush in that big double bladed bird, and i was leaning out looking down on him and he would glimpse up at us about every 5 seconds, but would not move. After we flew off, I looked back and he stayed put. We came back later and he was gone. 0 -
A string of deer passed us on their bellies, elbowing their way out of a swamp past waiting hunters early in the A.M.. In that area they left the swamp for high ground in the mornings.
After they'd left I went to another hunter, who was nursing a pocket flask, and asked if he saw any antlers on the deer. He replied, "What deer?"0 -
Why, son, those deer don't cover themselves with leaves. They lay down, and their buddy Thumper comes over and covers them up. [:p] 0 -
I always found deer to be shape shifters
I can't remember how many I've seen change into stumps.
sometimes they change into rocks.0 -
I've covered a deer with leaves
more than once ,until dark.
I'm older now and probably
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I had a conversation with another deer hunt in the office. He mentioned he has seen deer get into a brush pile to hid. The original deer was reported by a hunter who was on the stand for several hours. Apparently the buck got up to urinate and was spotted. Regards. 0 -
Sure they like looking like leaves and brush. Pictures dont lie, do they?? (at least not very much). Pic in my back yard a year ago. 
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quote:Never seen any deer try to hide in leaves, but I have heard of some dressing up like cattle.
The Navajo call the cattle slow elk, because Texans sometimes come here on elk hunts and shoot them. I was telling a friend in Sweden about this and he sent me a photo from Sweden of a cow in a field with KO (Swedish for cow) painted on its side in big white letters. I guess some things are the same all over the world.0 -
I doubt it happens. But thats not to say it has never happend either. there could be that loan deer that just does it because its weird or whatever. But for the most part no 0 -
Originally posted by v35
A string of deer passed us on their bellies, elbowing their way out of a swamp past waiting hunters early in the A.M.. In that area they left the swamp for high ground in the mornings.
After they'd left I went to another hunter, who was nursing a pocket flask, and asked if he saw any antlers on the deer. He replied, "What deer?"
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quote:Originally posted by nards444
could be that loan deer
On loan from where? Don0 -
quote:Originally posted by v35
A string of deer passed us on their bellies, elbowing their way out of a swamp past waiting hunters early in the A.M.. In that area they left the swamp for high ground in the mornings.
After they'd left I went to another hunter, who was nursing a pocket flask, and asked if he saw any antlers on the deer. He replied, "What deer?"
I have heard a story similar to this. A family member by marrige told me of a mature buck that belly crawled thru thick brush just to get around him instead of taking the easy route through the shooting lane. True according to him.0
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