RE: Large pine thickets!
I have alot of pine thickets on my leases and they are the most productive for bucks for some reason. they are not pretty and you have to get up high enough to see. sixpoint40 is right you will find open area alot of times and i have found some that the grass is just laid down from them laying up.
the only times i have seen deer breed is in these thickets. i saw 35 bucks in one day in one that i love to hunt. it is a large thicket that has a large beaver pond which is really just a 100 acre swamp on it's edge. on the north side of the swamp is a pasture . it's getting close i'll be back in that swampy thicket soon.
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