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Old 07-18-2003 | 10:45 AM
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Default RE: Tree Stand Locations

It would be best suited you do some scouting in the evening to try and determine where the deer are coming from to feed(aka find the bedding area). Once you have accomplished this you can decide to envoke a plan that would maximize your odds. I would suggest if possible to hunt the cover in betwen bed and food. Try and locate funnels or bottlenecks that seem to force the deer down a certain path. Overgrown fencelines or tree rows can be dynamite in the area like you mention, if you can find this type of spot set up on the first section of cover either before or after the funnel, depending on access, etc. Now being an area that has rolling terrain and small clumps you may find the deer sit in these small patches of bush and don' t really have a pattern to where they bed on a daily basis. In this case I would try and pattern them at the most productive food source and then as two beards suggest set up inside the bush line, deer (especially mature bucks) love to hang in the shadows near food source and enter near, at or after dark.

For ML season with the rolling terrain idea, you may find the deer travel the valleys between the hills during daylight times. ML will provide more range so you can set up to try and catch them moving this way. Bow may prove to be a fruitless effort of doing this, but it depends on the cover in the valleys/travel routes. Also in ML I hunt exclusively on the ground and do build some natural blinds, but will often sit in areas that allow me concealment with the natural cover. I guess i am saying I think you would be ok to pick spot that allow you natural concealment and not have to worry about building or constructing a blind before hand. Also if you do have stand up, keep the productive ones and use them as alternates.

I hunt many areas that sound similar to what you are faced with, the key is to constantly be scouting, even while hunting. I keep a log or journal to allow me to see patterns and adapt appropriately. I think the first thing you need to do is scout the area for bedding locations, travel routes and dominant food/water sources, this will narrow your prospective location down considerably and will lead to more productive time in the field.

Good Luck!!

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