Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss Deer season 2007

Chris, that must have been an exciting day. So far, we are seeing almost nothing.

On Kids weekend, we saw 16 deer. My Grandson shot at a really nice buck but missed. It was my fault. The afternoon before, a small doe came out at about 25 yards and I cranked his scope down to 2 power so he could see her. The next morning, THE buck came out and started trotting across the wheat patch, I snorted and it stopped and turned to face us at about 150 yards. I told him to shoot it in the neck. He missed. I forgot to crank the scope back up to 7 power. My fault but it didn't bother him. He told my Brother that he got buck fever. On opening weekend, we saw 6 deer and my Brother took a nice doe. On the next weekend, I saw 3 does at dusk. It was spitting wet snow and I was cold and wet. I didn't mess with them. I didn't go this last weekend.

Since the acorn drop started, almost nobody in the area is seeing deer of any kind. Acorns are all over the ground and the trees are still loaded. Friends who are hunting mesquite country are seeing and harvesting huge racks and I figure I have them also. The plentiful rains we had during the spring and early summer contributed to a huge acorn crop. The deer aren't moving at all. I've tried rattling but that never has worked for me. I'll be hunting some more but am not expecting much.

There's a tradeoff here. The deer are in tremendous shape but if I don't see any, it's a bust for me. And, here's the problem. Due to the plentiful rains, I figure we had a huge fawn survival rate. On the surface, that sounds good. However, I'm seeing a lot of info about La Nina for our area. The returning drought that I always expect will result in more deer than the lands carrying capacity. Next year, we will have to starting shooting the "rats with antlers".