ORIGINAL: solocamcan
This would never work in Illinois, the corn is planted to close together to get maximum yield out of the land. And all the cornleafs overlap the row next to them making itnearly impossible to look further than 10-15 yards in front of you, and when walking those dried up leafs make alot of noise, and there's no way to avoid it, unless you belly crawl.
You know I noticed that here in PA too.......I can remember as a kid sneaking through cornfields or looking for downed doves etc that you could look down the rows like they were individual roads. YOu could always spot deer lying in the little grassy patches and it was fun sneaking up on them.
Last season I got the bright idea to try to stalk a couple cornfields on property I have permission to do so here in PA. YIKES> Even with the corn dried out and the leaves "hanging" you couldn't see 10ft let alone shoot anywhere.
When did they start stacking them right on top of each other like that? I guess I never really paid THAT close of attention, and if it's better why wouldn't they have just done that in the past when I can remember them being wider?
Sorry for the hijack.......I was actually thinking about this again today.
