How to hunt a bench/shelf?
Here's the question: For a buck, should I set up on a bench or above it? In my hunting spot, there's a steep-sided hill with a bench running its entire length. It's got plenty of browse and deer sign. That's obviously good, but there's a creek bottom below the bench that does and younger bucks use. The only way to see into it is to set up on the bench itself right among the deer trails. Is that a bad idea?
I might mention that I'm in Eastern Kansas and our gun season puts us, a month past the peak of rut in November. I'm guessing there may be some secondary rutting going on at that time. I can get the wind in my face easily enough as well. I've had some thought that I should set up above the bench and hope to nail a buck that's scent checking the does. Does that sound like a correct strategy?