I try to make sure I put in " my area " when I post. Here the corn is planted within 10 - 15 feet of the trees ( shelterbelts for the most part ). I should know as I planted it . I am not saying your advise isn't common sense nor is bad for your area. I hope you didn't take it as such. It isn't good for my area though.

I just posted a picture of Tyler's buck in another post which is a perfect example. We snuck along the corn about 3 or 4 rows in to get to his spot. The tree belt is shaped in an L with the corn planted within 20 yards of the inside corn of the L. Otherwise the corn is planted tight to the trees. 2 bucks were milling around the tree edge in the corner but were smaller bucks. It was a slow poccess but we made it by them without spocking them. I got Tyler to his spot and headed back to that corner. Instead of 2 bucks now there were 3. I snuck back out of there and went and got Tyler. We snuck back to the spot. The bucks were milling around on the outside of the L now ( other side of the trees ). We got in the trees and setup on the outside corner of the L. The buck got within 12 yards and Tyler made the shot. The rest is history.

We couldn't have pulled that off without the standing corn. We would have been dead in the water if we would have come down inside or outside the trees. I've also shot my biggest buck ( AM hunt ) using corn to get to my spot. I should have had another big buck last year using corn to get in a spot but shot under him. Standing corn is great for this open country with our few tree spots. Most guys hate bowhunting standing corn... I love it. It allows me to get in area I couldn't otherwise without it being so open here.

Tim