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I have recently started riding at croom since the start of hunting season. I stay away from ONF during these months for obvious reasons. Every time I go early, I see a few deer, usually 2-4 in a group.  Usually always at least one spike buck. Yesterday, my son & I saw at least 12 -15 in a group with a few spike included & the group was being followed by about 6-8 big wild turkeys. It was rainey & cold Sunday morning, but I was amazed to see such a large group of turkeys following the deer. I also came across a handmade metal or welded pipe tree stand in the NW area of the park that was painted camo & strapped to a tree upright. I didnt think anyone was allowed to hunt in the park. No I didnt report it because there is no possible way i would ever find it again.  This stand was placed there recently because there were 2 motorcycle tie down type straps holding it to the tree & they looked to be in new condition. I was wondering if everyone see's this group of deer regularly or was this just chance?

Were they partaking in any reindeer games? ;D

Yep, I've seen deer there. Not as big a heard a you saw.  Iv'e seen them on the north side.  I seen some hunters on the NW side across the fence last time.

 

  Yes we have seen the "herd" of deer, but only "heard" them when they darted off through the woods after we distubed their naps.....

i see deer just about every time i go to croom

suzie, that was the wife and I in the bushes... ;)

Big D I didn't know she was so religious .........yelling...........OHHHHHHHHHHH GODDDDDDDDDDDD alot..................... :o

i saw that tree stand this weekend also ther was one 3 feet extention on the grownd

You are allowed to hunt in Croom. Only with a bow & arrow. One day I was riding and saw a guy in full camo with a bow. I went back to camp and told the ranger. That's when, to my surprise, I found out you are allowed to hunt in Croom. I was like there are thousands and thousands of acres to hunt. They can't even give us one place we can ride and call our own.

I've seen these dear. I've also seen packs of local dogs.

My son and I have seen these deer several times. The quads don't bother them to much, we would just ease along and they would keep their distance, but not run off. I guess if you were going fast and making a lot of noise, they would run. Once while there we saw them and my son got off and ran towards them, they were gone in a second. Its funny if we just stayed there with the quads at idle, they would just look at us, I guess to see what we were going to do next.

same thing here.. they look at you like "whats that?!"

I had a bad experience with deer at croom, my first time at croom I was cruising relatively slow on my newly aquired ttr250 not to far away from day area 2 when I spotted two deer. Well being the nice guy I am I decide to go fullthrottle at them. Well they started running and I kept chasing them till we came out in one of those hard packed areas with the dried up yellow soil and I was focusing then I just sank. I was in a aprox. 2 feet of the goopiest stuff ever. I put my foot down and went to pull up and my shoe just stayed put (before I had boots) my bike just stood straight up with out anything but the mud holding it up. So I took off my other shoe and threw it up on the dry stuff and went to work trying to find my other shoe. Well after some good looking I found it and took the brick of mud and threw it with my other shoe. Being the little fresh out of middleschool freshmen I was I couldn't get that thing out for the life of me. I was trying to floor it then dump the clutch and it just kept sinking deeper and deeper. So finally I just grabed the handle bars and pulled the bike down sideways with me. With much struggle I got that thing pointed perpindicular to the mud with the front tire on hard dirt. I floored it and dropped the clutch and this time it started to move so I kept gassing it then it caught traction and flew out of my hands going on to hit a tree. I go out of the stuff and picked up my bike and I couldn't get it to start, it wouldn't even turn over. So I walked back to camp and got my dad to walk back to it with me and he just turned on the ignition and it fired right up (I guess I was to shooken up to turn it on...). After we got back I just stood in the shower next to the bathrooms for a while and we packed up and left. The moral of the story... I don't chase deer anymore.

They most likely ran that way on purpose.  ;D

I've seen a big heard like that there before.  Once by the front pit, next to the fire lane.

i have seen deer there before like in a group of 8 or 10 so we decide to follow them and we got lost again.

Croom is so small it is hard to get lost. Just follow the fence line.

it was the first time i was there but now i know were every thing is. i have been there like 30 times.