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John's Journal... Entry 116, Day 5 WHEN DEER DON'T SHOW UP AT DEER SIGN You
must realize the effect other hunters will have on your evaluation of
deer sign. If you've pinpointed a super hotspot for taking a whitetail
and another hunter hunts that area or spooks the deer out of there, then
that deer sign does you no good. When most deer hunters try to read signs
to determine deer movement, they forget that deer don't carry pocket watches.
Deer don't always show up on time when and where you expect them to appear.
Read deer sign as you do a history book. The deer sign, like the history
book, records what has happened in the past and may give some indication
of what you can expect in the future. But deer, especially older-class,
white-tailed bucks, act as unpredictably as people do. Just because they've
walked a particular trail in the past, fed in a certain region or bedded
in a specific area, you can't bet they'll follow that pattern on the day
you plan to hunt.
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