ORIGINAL: GMMAT
http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/huntingtactics/NAW_1007_05/index1.html
This is a pretty similar article I read, recently...and it's packed with good stuff, too.
Just curious as to how you utilize this tactic on that parcel where you shot the buck in the photo. It would seem (and I could be wrong) you'd need access to a LOT of land
(unless you have multiple doe bedding areas on a <40 acre parcel). I run into this a LOT. I CAN'T hunt the "back roads".
Interesting read, nonetheless.
There are 2 doe bedding areas on the parcel that I hunt on and 4 others on land adjacent to the parcel. I noticed the others from an observation stand where I can view the large cropfield that they surround. When this large field is planted in beans I can easily observe where the doe groups come out into the field from. From there, I figured out a bucks most likely travel paths for when he comes onto my parcel to check on these does bedding areas. After hunting it for 5 seasons, even when it's planted in corn and I can't see the does on the adjacent property, I know they're there and the bucks will come.
That's why I take notes and study topo's and aerial photos. It takes a pretty drastic change in terrain to alter the deers travel patterns.