ORIGINAL: Ranger10
ORIGINAL: blackfish
How could you posibly tell by looking at picture?Sorry I can t imagine how anyone could even say a thing without spending a week walking around any given spot thats just a basic understanding.But maybe some ppl on here are better at looking at charts and maps then me only 30 years navagating a 200 ton fishing vessel all over the east coast but what do i know. Place your stand along rub lines between where they bed and where they feed look for vegation edges ridges bottle necks of cover.
Thats why I posted it on here. I am learning to read topos and aerial maps to find good deer locations. Someof the guys on here have a keen eye for it.
By the way can anyone recommend a good book on how to read topos related to deer hunting?
You can't always look at a map and know immediately where to set up. One factor to remember is that deer are slaves to their stomach, the bucks will be gourging going into fall and have to eat. If you have Apples and Pears and Oaks dropping acorns then you got some great food sources on the 150 acres. You also have what looks like agriculture fields in that 150 acres. You have a turnpike which many could see as a drawback but in reality if you have an area running under it you could have a funnel, but didn't see that in the mapping. You also have water sources West of the area across the road from the Oak Trees and a major water source to the South of the Apple and Pear Orchard.
I have always had my best luck in the mornings in areas of higher elevations and found lower elevations to be better later in the day, seems to be the effect of thermals. I would walk every acre of the property and look for sheds and bedding areas and start following the trails. My experience is to be careful with rubs unless you find them in areas with multiple trails converging as I rarely see deer on rubs in daylight where I hunt unless they are on major travel corridors. A few cameras wouldn't hurt if you can afford them.