There is a huge difference where I hunt. There are two fields around the property. This year, 1 was corn and the other was beans. Next year will be the same but they will flip flop, then the following year there will be winter wheat and beans. In years where there is a corn fields are the years when I see the most deer. The year when there is only beans and wheat, deer numbers are always low.

A lot depends on the layout of the area and what you have access to. Some places are impacted much more by crop rotation than others.

I'd much rather hunt around corn anytime overall, although beans in the earliest season can be good. Crop rotation can also be affected by weather. With an extroardinary continuous wet spring there is a timeline that can affect what can be planted. Corn early and beans later for planting. The opening up of new ethanol plants and currently higher corn prices should allow for more corn being planted in my state........good news for me.

They don't call em' corn fed monsters for nothing [8D]

Good thread. Being a farmer and a hunter, I'm going to chime in here and give a little "tip". One of the best places to set up on a corn field are on sharp "inside or outside corners" along the woods right after the field has been combined. Why? because it is hard for a combine to follow the corn rows around these sharp turns, so alot of corn gets knocked down without being harvested. Thus setting the dinner table for deer. Without question that is where they will feed until all the knocked down corn is eaten.

Yes, I see a difference when rotated. Mine is the best hunting when the corn is standing but i like the scouting when the beans are in.