How do you identify a bucks main bedding area?
I've gotten permission to hunt a privately owned chunk of deer paradise here in Ohio amounting to around 500 acres of timber split in two pieces, one 200+ and the other 300+,seperated by a corn field, and surrounded on all sides by either beans or corn depending on the farmers crop rotation cycle. Last year during the first week of November while walking the property scouting for muzzleloader season, we bumped aGIANT, GIANT12pt typical, a deer with 12" brows and tines anywhere from 8-12". This is a once in a lifetime buck. It appears that nobody in the area has seen the deer besides my father in law and I or killed the deer last fall, but he's the one I'm targeting this year. I promise to post the pics if I get him on one of our trail cameras or if I'm lucky enough to score this HOG with my bow. Below is the link of the topographic map, and area where I'll be hunting. The two dark spots in the middle of the map are the woods, and last year we bumped this deer on the far right hand side , near the middle of the right block of timber. Any suggestions of where you guys would set up for this bruiser would be appreciated.
http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/#maxp=location&q1=+County+Highway+76,+Forest,+ Ohio&trf=0&mvt=h&lon=-83.444853&lat=40.724543&mag=3