Here in Central IL(and I think in many areas as well) we had a lot of rain/flooding during the key crop planting time of year. A lot of fields were planted very late. I'm looking to see some fields still standing into November, almost 1 month later than normal. Most of the late-planted fields were near creek beds or other low-lying areas, places that offer more hunting opportinites than wide open fields with a good crown to promote drainage.

One area that I hunt has one low-lying field, surrounded by timber on 3 sides,that is only accessible from another field, so BOTH were planted late. This means an extra 1/4 mile walk through standing corn for me, plus another 1/4 mi. access road, just to get to the further field.

What tactics do you guys use when faced with these early-season obstacles?

I do have a few stand locations that are accessible anyway,(pastures, creekbeds and such)but for somebody that may not, and has to deal with it for almost 1 month longer than usual, what do you guys do?