Took my thermal with me when I went to feed the goats about 15 minutes before sunset. As I was walking out the door I heard much gunfire. It was coming from the property to the east of the field the deer come to about 175yd away. The people that own that property allow a couple of friends to come out and practice their 3-gun stuff. While I don't have hunting permission there (never asked), the owner (doesn't live there) did tell me I can shoot and drive my side by side there with the grand kids (we go over the day after hearing shooting and get the empties they leave).
Shucks or words to that effect, gunfire and people noise will scare the deer. I watched the field via thermal and found the deer back in the woods at the edge of the field. One brave deer came out and a couple of minutes later the other 5 came out. The gunfire didn't seem to bother them. Note: Within the 175yd from the deer to the shooters are 2 strips of woods, each about 25yd wide separated by a strip of open area about 50yd wide. Looking through thermal at deer 200yd away, I couldn't tell if Big Doe was there, only that there were big deer and smaller deer.
Shucks or words to that effect, gunfire and people noise will scare the deer. I watched the field via thermal and found the deer back in the woods at the edge of the field. One brave deer came out and a couple of minutes later the other 5 came out. The gunfire didn't seem to bother them. Note: Within the 175yd from the deer to the shooters are 2 strips of woods, each about 25yd wide separated by a strip of open area about 50yd wide. Looking through thermal at deer 200yd away, I couldn't tell if Big Doe was there, only that there were big deer and smaller deer.
