Hey Buckeyebuckhtr
 

Here is a woodlot I hunt. Take a look and mark where you think the main trails are, bedding area and where you would setup. I bet he is pretty gets pretty close to how I have it setup.

We are looking for
1. main trails
2. Bucks Travel route
3. Bedding area
4. Stand place ment

Germ

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i am gonna say you get right in the middle of the red X

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You gotta hit me up with a little more information.....

Whats the wind and what is in the fields to the east and across the river to the west?

Also, how old is the areas timber?

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what site did u use to get that pic...this is the clearest i have seen

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nice photo germ, where did you get it off

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Wind is out if the SW most of the time, I like NW wind also.

North is straight up

North Field has Corn, South Field is CRP with Cloveron the east end, about 4 acres.

Across the river was Corn, but they express way is real close

Good questions!

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Here is a quickie, with my points of unseen interest.

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Yahoo maps

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Blue-Stands
Red-bedding
Peach-bucks travel route
Green-main travel routes


THt is just what i am guessing and i am also geussing a west wind would be perfect for the and north wouldnt be that bad but east is horriblwplace

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Oneshot, you just molested that place with his SW winds.... :D

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Ok this was not planned, but I wanted to show how close you can get when you can read a map, and understand how deer move.

Buckeye gets an A

His Blue dots

North One I have Killed nice 8 point, my uncle about 15 bucks

Middle Dot I have owned for 22 years, and have killed 5 good bucks there, truly a great rut spot.

South I killed the heaviest 8 pointer on our farm close 230 LBFD

Red Dots

South is a great spot have shot a doe there, and some close calls. Just comes down to time, I do not hunt it enough.

North is great also, just not enough time, maybe next year.

Red east dot I killed the big 8 in 2004

Green East I killed the 10 in 2005

The bedding areas are spot on!!!

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I like the looks of this stand on a SE wind....

*edited*

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yea i know i should have let him update it now i gotta revise it again oh crap on the brighter side i will save some deer from what they didnt want to happen after the shot LOL JK JK:D hey Germ my stands would be good if you could conivence the wind to blow east and north east

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Oneshot...

Problem with that is with a North or east wind you would be having your scent blow onto and all over the lines you drew as the buck and does travel patterns.

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Yes, but I love SW wind I use my boat to get in behind the deer. Before i had the boat I used to pray for those winds, LOL

I put in by the farm house to the north on the east side of the road.

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did i fail Germ it looked pretty close to me except i didnt place stands for all winds

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yea i see that now a southwest wind would be good for most of them

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Second thing to notice is not very big, so as soon as you get near the center the deer know you are there. Notice Buckeye stayed on the outside, I learned this the hardway.

You got a "C" for nice big lines,LOL

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cool i passed btw that is the worst grade i ahve ever made LOL

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I do not hunt anywhere near here until the RUT, I leave it alone!!

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SE east, SW west blows everything back into the CRP field. I have a stand right near there.

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Typo on my part. The E and W are right next to each other :D I saw where you had that field labled as CRP as well.

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Just thought you were testing me;)

Right where your dot is where the 16 died this year. Go SouthWest down the tree line is where I shot him.

Anyone have a guess on the tree line in the middle farm running almost West to East on what it use to be?

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Guys, please explain how you got all this from merely looking at an ariel view. I'm guessing that buckeye guessed the bedding areas right because they were just the densest parts of the forest? And how about travel patterns, how do you guys know just by looking at a picture?

Eager to learn. Thanks.

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Question from us north of the border guys. Whats a crp field? Is that gov owned land that is maybe leased to farmers?

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The only thing I could guess is a pasture fence line that grew into a hedge row.

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Germ, you have any better (close up / different angles) photos of your 16 from this year?

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No we own the land, and the MI DNR pays us to grow native grass. Once we plant it we can not do a damn thing with it.

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I will when I get him back, I have this one you have not seen

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I will put something together for you, maybe buckeye can do a sticky. Give me some time.

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I don't have the power of the sticky :D

It is a little hard to explain.... It is just from a lot of scouting and a lot of aerial map reading. After a while you can just put it together so to speak.

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Just by looking and just gussing
Red- my stands
blue- travel routs
green- buck bed
yellow- doe beds

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Germ,
How big an area in acres is this wood lot?
Are there oaks in the interior?

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Nice work Grizz on the trails!!

Where you have the buck bead on the othr side of the river is real close. I can not hunt over there but I scout it from the street, and the point of the triangle is where i have seen a big buck .

Your other buck bed is where they cross the river.

Bedding area to the North needs to go west a tad, nice work ,B+ for you!!

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There are oaks on the North and south side along the river about half way into the woods on the south side. About half the field on the north side.

There are very few oks in the middle, but there are 2-4.

20 acres of woods

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Now it's buried a couple pages back... What's the answer?

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Old Railroad!! I can see the bridge supports in the river from my boat.

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Thank you sir! Looking forward to it.

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buckeye, your 3 blue stands on the west....Which wind would you hunt those and why? I have my own idea, but believe you me I've been wrong before. Oh, and what would be your entry route?

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Blue stands were keyedfor an east wind. The east wind would blow out over the corn field.I would access the area from the west along the edge of the corn fields.