Scared of Bedding Area

BOSS-2 · 11-26-2007, 12:54 PM

New to deer hunting, this year to be exact....and I'll admit it, I'm hooked...hell I can't stop thinking about it. Anyway, I've been reading a lot on these forums, magazines...and getting out myself...although I've only been out four times. To the point, here's my question. After sitting on Saturday morning four about four hours in the morning..I decided since I hadn't seen anything to do a little more scouting before I headed home. (I learned my first lesson the first time I went out this year....I need to scout a lotttt more...and before the season starts)...now since I didn't do that I was scouting along a river that is on the back side of a field where I've been hunting. The field sits atop a hill. Anyway..along this field I scared off one deer from a bedding spot right along the river...then saw four more...slowly jogging the other way, once they saw me from a distance. I think these deer too probably were bedding down in this area.

I've located trails from where these bedding areas head up the hill to the field...and I plan on setting up in between the two...but...how long should I wait. How long do you think it will take for these deer to bed again in this area after me disturbing them??

Thanks...and look forward to hearing from guys with a lot more experience than me.

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BOSS-2 · 11-26-2007, 06:39 PM

Thanks for the quick response. I guess it's good that I won't be able to get out again till this coming Saturday, which will be a week since my disturbance. I was partially scent blocked....All my clothes were, and my boots, but the coat I threw on wasn't my normal hunting coat...that I keep in a big zip lock bag with my bibs.

I only have access to public hunting land, and I don't think many people realize deer are bedding down this way because I never see any trucks around this spot...nor anywhere close...and the access to this land is up another mile.

I've learned my lesson regarding scouting...and while I'll still be doing some scouting during this season...I'm trying not to disturb the deer too much. I do plan on scouting a lot after the season is over...as you mentioned. I've started marking up a topo map to get an idea of where things are...and where trails are headed. There's quite a bit of land along this river bed...much of it in the back of the park...so I'm thinking there may be many more excellent bedding areas people aren't aware of.

My next hunt will be a morning hunt..so I plan on setting up between the field and the bedding area. I don't want to get too close to the field...nor too close to the bedding area (so I can still walk out without being noticed). How close to the field, without disturbing them, can I get when I know they're in there??

Another quick question...sorry..I'm full of them when it comes to deer hunting.... do deer eat winter wheat?? The field that was a corn field now has winter wheat growing in it. Do you think these deer are still feeding on the excess corn, or the winter wheat that's growing??

Thanks again...your help is much appreciated.