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Old 12-29-2007 | 05:58 PM
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From: elmira ny
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drdi: What I would like you to do is get into the logged out spot, near where it butts up to the big woods. Find a spot along that corridor where the wind is directly at your back. walk that corridor, with the wind at your back, until the wins suddenly comes as a cross wind.

When you find that spot, look for rubs, not necessarily monster rubs{ if there are some, great }. Get next to the rubs and squat down so your eye level is approx. the eye level of a mature deer. Look upwind from that spot as far as your unobstructive view can see.

Pick a stand area near that edge of your view, upwind from the rubs. I will almost bet that that spot will be near the area in the logged out piece where you see all the deer activity. I would use a climbing stand at least 20 feet off the ground.

Big buck will use these areas upwind from the rubs to " clock the does " and other deer in the vicinity of the rubs. Generally these rubs are in a spot that the big buck do not have the wind in thier advantage, as it relates to thier travel activity. They use the eyes, nose, ears, of the other deer in these spots to thier advantage.

Just a couple of theories I've used thru the years, that frankly have worked for me. Good luck. If you can't get off the ground, get a spot on the ground.
I just noticed that tomorrow is the last day you can hunt. Get there right at daylight and look for what I'm talking about. What have youto lose?
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