Summer scouting is much harder in my experience because the dry conditions dry out poop faster and scatters it also dry dirt doesnt often leave tracks and its difficult to tell if its fresh.
so I started looking at forage, deer like forbs, blackberry and sword ferns among others. I found a spot with 1 rub from last fall but no other sign around. I started looking at the forage and noticed some sword ferns looked nipped on. On one fern stalk the tip is missing, another sections of the leaves are missing. This is from coastal blacktail country...
hunters, what do you think... is this pic an example of a deer foraging on this fern?
so I started looking at forage, deer like forbs, blackberry and sword ferns among others. I found a spot with 1 rub from last fall but no other sign around. I started looking at the forage and noticed some sword ferns looked nipped on. On one fern stalk the tip is missing, another sections of the leaves are missing. This is from coastal blacktail country...
hunters, what do you think... is this pic an example of a deer foraging on this fern?