I'm nota big fan of standing corn. They just don't seem to come out of the corn where I hunt, until night time. The standing corn provides both food and cover, so they don't need to leave except to get some water now and then.

I like it alot better when the deer have to leave their bedding areas to eat. You actually have a chance at ambushing them as they move from cover to food sources. With corn, the cover IS the food source. They can stay in there pretty much all day if they wanted to.

Not only that, but summer scouting is alot easier when there are shortcrops like soybeans instead of standing corn. You really can't glass the fields in the summertime with standing corn. It takes some of the excitement away. There's nothing like seeing a few nice bucks in a bean field in August to get you excited about the hunting season.

The only thing I like about standing corn is stalking row by row on windy or rainy days. That is a fun way to bowhunt, although I haven't had any success doing this yet.

A picked cornfield is a whole different story. I love those....