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Old 09-03-2013 | 07:36 AM
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Millhouse
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Originally Posted by olsaltydog
On the first area you got the pin next to the road assuming that is your access point. The second pin is the field you are setting up on (Looks like a decent walk). Problem with early season is the deer most likely wont use the open field but will stay to the surrounding woods, they may use it in the evening though. From the right of that field looks like you have a creek bottom within 200 yards. Hard to estimate distance without a scale. If that is a creek bottom and you look like you also got oaks or hardwoods to the right of the field where to the north-west is primarily pines or evergreens. Would start there. Acorns should be ready to drop down along with decent amount of brush. Cant tell from the pics as underbrush can be thick by now but find alot more deer skirting the edges of fields in the morning and day times using those creek bottoms. Allows them to scope the area out first as well.

On the second area its hard for me to tell you anything. The left edge of the property and the southern edge looks like good areas the deer will travel through to get to the fields but what is in those fields may be more important. The satalite photos look to be in the fall so not much showing for crop fields at least on the right of the property where that house is. Also do they hunt that land from their property? Would hate to setup on that side and have a possible conflict of people using the area. Field to the left of the property looks like it has at least been tilled so may be planted with crops that means the deer may come from the woods on the left and go to that field if the field gets harvested then they may use the food plots.

That brings me to another thing. Are these fields food plots or open tilled fields.?
Yes, the Pin’s on the road are just the coordinates for the map location.

That was my concern about the field…we are going to be morning hunting. Quite frankly, the only sign I saw was in this field though…and unlike the rest of the area the ground is not rock hard. The particular one I marked is not tilled, but has some type of leafy greens in it ~ 2 ½-3 feet tall. These are dove fields. As for the other fields on this property, I’m not sure as I didn’t have time to scout them. They could be cut (like the fields on the second property), or they could resemble the field I scouted.

The fields on the second property are cut…so think heavy thick thatch…nothing more. If it was rifle season, you would have a clear standing shot from one side to the other. I’m not sure if the deer consider what’s left a food source or not, but on this piece of property the fields are unmanaged dove fields.

FYI, these lands are public….as it’s all I have to work with currently.

Thanks for the input!
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