RE: To hunt sign, or not to hunt sign, this is the question.
welli hunt where there was plenty of sign and does this year, but i didnt see a mature buck the ENTIRE season. saw three in one day last year. my little 20 acres i hunt is surrounded by perfect deer hunting so the deer pass through. but being 20 acres i am greatly restricted as to where to hunt. i think this year the deer actually just started movin through there at night.
im movin over to my uncles farm next year. the deer stay there 24/7 early early season and during summer because he has 100s of acres of beans and corn. even has an alfalfa plot that he bales for the cattle. i will hunt where the feeding sign is early season trying to target bachelor groups (sept.)then does during rut(nov.) then back to food during late winter(dec. and jan.).