What time of day does a deer get up???

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T.R. Michels

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Like most other animals, deer have a resting period and a time to travel and eat.

Do you know what part of the day deer generally get up, after their long resting period?

Do you know what tells them it is time to get up and go feed?

Have fun - I'll give answers later.


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T.R.
 
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Okay I'll bite on this.

There are a lot of variables based on the weather, how cold/hot/windy/rainy it is, what kind of food they are getting, how far away it is from the bedding area, and so forth. When it is cold, deer feed more often and move around more, with another variable attached: how much carbohydrates they are getting in their food. If they are getting more protein and less carbohydates when it is cold they will need to move and feed more. When they are undisturbed during their regular fall patterns they will generally get up and start moving around as the sun hits the treetops in the evening. (I'm talking in Iowa generally because I have seen in the west where they often move a mile or more from the bedding area to the feeding area, so they start sooner.) They will also bed off and on during the night and chew their cud, usually right in their food source.

Now throw in the rut and you have another set of variables.

I have a feeling that you are going to give us the results of some radio-tracking study.... right?
 
This is a common misconception not only do deer not get up but they absorb there food. The only reason deer morve is because they have been bumped. The reason we are lucky enough to see deer is because there are enough mountains lions to keep the deer moving.
 
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yea i see all the big bucks wearing them, i ussually here their alarm go off at about 7:30 but once in a while they do hit the snooze
 
Ok, I'll have a little fun with this.

This is written from a buck's point of view in early October...not rut, not late Winter, but this time of year.

I don't like to lay on the hard ground for more than 4 hours at a time. I usually get up between 10:00 and 11:00 AM. ,stretch my legs, walk a few yards from my bed and take a healthy squirt, mill around and eat some White Oak acorns for lunch, and head to my favorite bed for an afternoon nap. Around 3:00 PM. I get up again to stretch my legs, scratch my nuts, and head down to the creek for a big drink of water, and return to my bed for the rest of the afternoon. Close to sundown I slowly make my way through the thicket and wait in the Cedars until dark to enter the open alfalfa field.
I then enjoy feeding in the alfalfa field, checking out the new does, and doing a little sparring with the other boys. Then I lay down to rest, puke up some fresh alfalfa and chew my cud for a couple of hours. After midnight, I like to get up and stretch again, lay down some fresh buck droppings, and head over to the freshly picked cornfield for some corn. Around 2:30 AM., with a belly full or corn, I have a favorite nighttime resting spot in the tall soft grass in the water way of the cornfield. There I sleep again for a couple of hours. Around 5:00 A.M., still under the cover of darkness, I head back to my morning bedding area grabbing a drink of water along my way. My morning bedding area is on a high ridge with thick cover, facing the East with a Northwest wind at my back, with the warm morning sun taking the chill off. All I really have to do is watch the entire creek bottom from here, raise my nose to check the wind behind me, and rest in the sun.

It has actually been really easy to live to 7 years old. I have most of the bow hunters in the area pretty well patterned.
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An enlarged prostate?
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Ok, I'll have a little fun with this.

This is written from a buck's point of view in early October...not rut, not late Winter, but this time of year.

I don't like to lay on the hard ground for more than 4 hours at a time. I usually get up between 10:00 and 11:00 AM. ,stretch my legs, walk a few yards from my bed and take a healthy squirt, mill around and eat some White Oak acorns for lunch, and head to my favorite bed for an afternoon nap. Around 3:00 PM. I get up again to stretch my legs, scratch my nuts, and head down to the creek for a big drink of water, and return to my bed for the rest of the afternoon. Close to sundown I slowly make my way through the thicket and wait in the Cedars until dark to enter the open alfalfa field.
I then enjoy feeding in the alfalfa field, checking out the new does, and doing a little sparring with the other boys. Then I lay down to rest, puke up some fresh alfalfa and chew my cud for a couple of hours. After midnight, I like to get up and stretch again, lay down some fresh buck droppings, and head over to the freshly picked cornfield for some corn. Around 2:30 AM., with a belly full or corn, I have a favorite nighttime resting spot in the tall soft grass in the water way of the cornfield. There I sleep again for a couple of hours. Around 5:00 A.M., still under the cover of darkness, I head back to my morning bedding area grabbing a drink of water along my way. My morning bedding area is on a high ridge with thick cover, facing the East with a Northwest wind at my back, with the warm morning sun taking the chill off. All I really have to do is watch the entire creek bottom from here, raise my nose to check the wind behind me, and rest in the sun.

It has actually been really easy to live to 7 years old. I have most of the bow hunters in the area pretty well patterned.
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Tommy likey, Tommy want wingey
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