Originally Posted by
Team Catfish
Forget the skunk scent......
Get everything as clean and scent free as possible.
Try and position your stand where the winds will not give your location away.
Try and cover a large area.....That 270 will reach out there and get um.
Keep in mind when choosing your stand location other deer sightings in this area......lots of times deer will travel the same paths year after year.
Just my 2 cents worth!
I LOVE hunting Creek and River Bottoms These areas just seem to cry out and Harbor BIG Mature Bucks.
Find an area that is thick and were the creek pinch points down , Were Woods and Fields run together . Also walk along the creek banks to see were the main crossings are that the deer use to cross the creek
" Normally a shallow spot in the creek " These are areas that Does and Young Bucks usually use to cross BUT you know durring the rut : " Were the Does are the Big Boys arn't going to be far away " I try to have 3 or 4 Stand locations and depending on the wind direction choose witch stand I will hunt that Hunt !
Good Luck and Remember to pay attention to THE WIND most of all !