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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1273414" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>That's because when Fred Bear hunted Michigan whitetails, bait and tree stands where not allowed. Bear hunted Michigan whitetails on the Boyer hunting club property east of Rose City, Michigan. It was his favorite location for hunting whitetails. </p><p></p><p>I was hunting the adjacent State lands at the same time Fred was hunting on the Boyer club lands. Pre compound bow days. Ground blinds. No baiting of deer. 48 years later, I largely agree with Fred, simply based on the alertness and awareness of the Michigan whitetail, under those hunting constraints. </p><p></p><p>As soon as it became legal to hunt from a tree stand, it became 2 to 4 times easier to kill those same Michigan whitetails. And then when bait became legal, another 2-3 times simpler. And then when compounds became available, and sights, even easier. I only hunted with recurve bows and no sights. And a whitetail in those days was a very challenging animal to harvest - under those restrictions, and in that terrain.</p><p></p><p>Understand that the public hunting pressure in Michigan was intense during rifle season. The common description was an "army" of deer hunters heading afield. An apt description! The only other animal I hunted in Michigan as wary as the whitetail was the Michigan red fox.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1273414, member: 4191"] That's because when Fred Bear hunted Michigan whitetails, bait and tree stands where not allowed. Bear hunted Michigan whitetails on the Boyer hunting club property east of Rose City, Michigan. It was his favorite location for hunting whitetails. I was hunting the adjacent State lands at the same time Fred was hunting on the Boyer club lands. Pre compound bow days. Ground blinds. No baiting of deer. 48 years later, I largely agree with Fred, simply based on the alertness and awareness of the Michigan whitetail, under those hunting constraints. As soon as it became legal to hunt from a tree stand, it became 2 to 4 times easier to kill those same Michigan whitetails. And then when bait became legal, another 2-3 times simpler. And then when compounds became available, and sights, even easier. I only hunted with recurve bows and no sights. And a whitetail in those days was a very challenging animal to harvest - under those restrictions, and in that terrain. Understand that the public hunting pressure in Michigan was intense during rifle season. The common description was an "army" of deer hunters heading afield. An apt description! The only other animal I hunted in Michigan as wary as the whitetail was the Michigan red fox. [/QUOTE]
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