I hunt about a 125 acre woods with a small creek running thru it. The creek has ridges from it that run up into the woods. I stay out of the bottom for the most part because the wind is too unpredictable and have been busted before. So I try to find which ridges the deer are using to get to or from the crop fields and ambush them.

The deer in this woods also make a tremendous amount of rubs. I know I can find rub lines every year in roughly the same areas. With a little fine tuning I can usually pinpoint a bucks route. That is what happened opening day this year. A couple weeks before the season I scouted a little and found a good fresh rub line. I brought my climber in opening day and had 4 bucks walk by. I got the biggest one.

I also hunt some inside corners maybe 30- 50 yds off the field edge. There is usually a pretty good trail going around the corner of the field.

If I see deer doing the same thing twice from a stand. You can bet I will be there the next time I am in the woods. Don't be afraid to move your stand. That is why I like a climber. I can be mobile, you don't always have to move too far to be in the right spot ,but if the deer aren't coming by you. Why not move?