ORIGINAL: mahoningbuck
The majority of deer I shot head towards water!
There are no rivers,lakes,streams etc close by. I think most the deer use little low spots withstanding water to drink. This is all high ground.
Rob/PA Bowyer:My rule on standing corn is, if it's there, the deer are in it. It's food, water, cover and some deer never leave corn until it's cut providing there is rain fall for water and the ruts not in.
I hunt a woodlot that most years hold corn fields. Most if not all the deer I've shot head for the corn and if not pushed, that's where you'll find them.
I agree completely that they bedding extensively in the corn. That is why I am seeing them crossing at the adjacent points between fields. That is exactly why I want to set-up there and ambush them from the tall grass that will hide me but they will be in the open.
This is my first year bow hunting but I have gun hunted this property many times and know it well. However, the corn is gone by then and I am forced to set-up on the tree-lines that are within 10' of the property line. That has worked well because I have dropped all the deer right away in their tracks.But this is bowhunting. Not a high powered slug gun with a scope.
Based on this thread I think bow hunting on the edge of the corn from the ground should prove very successful based on my scouting years past.
Here is picture of what I am looking at. Notice the deer if you look close enough. Note I am sitting in the timber.
