Give me some advice.
08-07-2007, 05:57 AM
#14
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Location: Wisconsin
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RE: Give me some advice.
Sorry but with only 20-25 acres of woods I would stay on the edges.
I currently hunt 35 acres of which 25 is wooded and for my first 5 years I hunted inside those woods and just plained scared them out every year. The last 7 years I have had success every year hutning the edges.. Make sure you play that wind though.
But thats my area and not hunting yours jm could be just as right.
*covers arse lol*
I currently hunt 35 acres of which 25 is wooded and for my first 5 years I hunted inside those woods and just plained scared them out every year. The last 7 years I have had success every year hutning the edges.. Make sure you play that wind though.
But thats my area and not hunting yours jm could be just as right.
*covers arse lol*
ORIGINAL: jmbuckhunter
My advice would be to get back in the woods. Find some funnels or trail intersections. Set up on a bedding area. Stop hunting the field edges, you will see lots of deer, but they will be at a distance you cannot shoot them with your bow.
There seems to be enough woods the you wouldn't run every deer out by setting up a few stands back in there a ways. I bet you will see more bucks by moving back into the woods. They just feel more comfortable in thicker cover. Specially if they bust you out on the edges a time or 2.
My advice would be to get back in the woods. Find some funnels or trail intersections. Set up on a bedding area. Stop hunting the field edges, you will see lots of deer, but they will be at a distance you cannot shoot them with your bow.
There seems to be enough woods the you wouldn't run every deer out by setting up a few stands back in there a ways. I bet you will see more bucks by moving back into the woods. They just feel more comfortable in thicker cover. Specially if they bust you out on the edges a time or 2.
