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Old 08-22-2008 | 09:19 AM
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nchawkeye
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Default RE: Pre-season scouting.....from stand?

I've done it quite a bit...Especially if I'm watching over our bean fields...I've got so many good places to hunt that if I feel I "bugger" a spot, I'll move...

One other point...Yor're not hunting big woods bucks that seldom get human intervention...These farm deer are pretty used to being cautious around fields...I've killed deer in a field in the afternoon, gone back to the cabin and waited for the other hunters to come in and returned on the 4-wheeler to retrieve deer and run more deer out of the field...I've also hunted the same field and killed deer one afternoon and killed more the next afternoon...

About 6 years ago, my brother hunted the "Killing Field" 3 afternoons in a row...He left, the next afternoon I had 7 does come in, one freshened a scrape and 15 minutes later a 9 pointer came into the field chasing does...He left the field on the rack of my 4-wheeler...

I've also killed deer that either I or one of our farmers jumped in the field while working on the tractor or combine...If a dang noisy combine going throug a bean or corn field does't run them into the next county, then what will??? Sometimes I believe that they come to the field just to see what all the commotion is about, they just stand there and watch, get a bit to eat and go back into the woods...

You simply can't learn about your deer and their habits sitting on the couch...Every time you enter the woods you risk a chance of spooking deer...It's just the way it is...If you know you spook deer, wait a few days, use what you learned and go back and hunt...

Finally...How many time do you spook a deer that you don't even know about...Maybe they picked up on your scent 4-5 hours after you left...These are things that we don't really know...I'm not one to sit at home and dream about hunting, once I have it on my mind, I'm going...
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