I learned that the doe numbers I "thought" were indicative of our area here (immediate area) aren't what I thought they were. They're less. Even though i'm not hunting in areas I think will hold does.....when I do hunt those areas.....I see less than I would have thought.
There's a learning curve whenever you get outside your "norm", though. I expected that. I went backwards from what many would do.....and identified bedding areas over feeding areas.....and that's how I've hunted them, this year. I'll put the other parts to the puzzle together as the years roll on......but I couldn't be happier with how I've learned where they live. I just about know where the doe groups travel.....and right now that's gotta be a good thing. Last time I went searching for does....I saw eight. I went there this morning, thinking I might find a buck trailing that route. I didn't see the does.....but a buck showed up. He was just the wrong buck. We'll move 1/2 mi. tonight and try to get on some other does. I haven't been in thsi spot in over a month. Then wasn't the time. Now, is. We'll see.
"Big woods" to many is hundreds of acres. When you've been hunting 25 acre parcels (although some of them adjoin).....150 contiguous is "big woods"
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A big change in the learning curve.
