ncboman's observations

[ncboman]

5 24 06

While working in Elizabeth City at New Life Church I noted a path or streak in the woods behind the church so I kinda kept an eye on it as I worked along. At 3:30 four deer appeared and began feeding on the white clover approx 200yds down. The larger deer were very much in tune to the human activity around the church but they continued feeding for about 2hrs until human activity around the church increased to the point they meandered away to the south.

Later I traveled up into Gates Co to Sunbury to measure a house and returning home at dusk I came upon a very much pregnant doe near Hofflers sawmill. She was alone, feeding voraciously along the side of the road on what looked like oak leaves.

[ncboman]

pic added

[ncboman]

Friday, June 9th I noticed good numbers of deer feeding from approx 2:30 to 6:30 in several fields. One field was cotton and the others were young beans.

Yesterday afternoon I heard a local farmer obviously shooting deer. Based on the shot patterns, I suspect he killed 3.

[ncboman]

Seeing deer regularly at any/all hours of the day now that the crops are coming along. Summer pattern setting in and some deer appear to be out to escape the deerflys. Deerflys can't handle direct sun and at least some deer have it figured out.

Haven't seen fawns out in the fields locally although I did bump into one set of fresh twins several weeks ago in a grownup cutdown.

I hate to see them so bold as in one of the peanut fields I'm seeing them in, the farmer just won't tolerate what I'm seeing. At least they run when I stop.

[ncboman]

Saw two nice buck groups yesterday afternoon. One group of 6 very close to home with several of them looking to be 8pointers. All in peanut fields.

[ncboman]

Saw a really good buck for this area this morning.

Of course he was on posted land.

[ncboman]

Circling hordes of buzzards around many peanut fields here over the past 2 weeks.

[1YLAB]

that's not good. Can deer do that much damage to peanut crop? I've seen what bears can do to a corn field. But i don't think deer what do that much damage.

[ncboman]

I've been intending to get some pics and post of deer damage but it's all I can do to get to work this week. Working in that heat last week gave me a bad summer cold and I've joined the ranks of the walking dead for the past few days.

I'm one sick puppy right now.

[eshoremd]

ncboman said:

I've been intending to get some pics and post of deer damage but it's all I can do to get to work this week. Working in that heat last week gave me a bad summer cold and I've joined the ranks of the walking dead for the past few days.

I'm one sick puppy right now.

you must not be eating the right veggies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ncboman]

I think stress is the culprit as much as anything. After eating that big job, I got a couple of commercial jobs to help recover and the wet weather hasn't been exactly helpful. I'm sittin on a small fortune in materials and can't collect because I can't get finished. When big jobs drag out, usually the end result is all the profit eaten in labor.

Meanwhile I have more calls coming in than I can respond to because I'm tied up in something I can't seem to finish.

Stress test.

[ncboman]

yesterday evening was one of those times. Deer were everywhere around 6:30.

I happened by the field where I killed my very first deer many years ago and there were 18 out in the beans.

I guess I saw over 100 on the 15 mile drive back from there.

[ncboman]

Here's a pic I took fri evening of the field I killed my first deer in.



There were at least 18 deer in the field. I first thought there were 8 or 9 and then they started standing up. ;D

The place is being developed but so far, this little corner has survived. Probably virtually impossible to get permission but I'm gonna try anyway. The right man may allow a low key type with a bow to thin em.

[ncboman]

on wednesday Aug 30 at 2:30pm I noted deer out and feeding in many fields. I don't know if this was prestorm feeding or what but they were out.