Let's talk strategy II.....
09-28-2007 | 06:42 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
I just randomly walk through the woods and climb the easiest tree I can find 
09-28-2007 | 06:51 AM
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
Agreed, Coug... the only "destination" hunts I will target is their beds... but -- again, I feel it's got to be later into the season when the big boys become prone to getting back to bed a bit late. Both Don Higgins (author of Hunting Trophy Whitetails In The Real World) and I feel that it's pretty much a fruitless effort to catch them going back to their beds in early season; they've long been there by sunup.
Greg, and yes........I usually save this small area for the peak rut and then again in mid December.
09-28-2007 | 07:01 AM
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
I think you are saying you hunt a bedding setup? I do not consider bedding as a destination myself although others may..... But rather areas they hit for short to moderate lengths of time such as water sources, crop fields, oak trees etc...
I call it a transition area. The deer use it to travel from one place to a main bedding area that is much farther away , although they do occasionally bed down on a small hillside. Hence I have been busted a few times during evening hunts while walking in. Its not a huge woods but serves well for the deer to travel through. All I know is I've had more success here the last few years than anywhere else I hunt, probably because I am the only one who hunts it.[8D]
09-28-2007 | 07:10 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
ORIGINAL: GregH
Is this a trick question?[:-]
I believe that all of my hunts are destination hunts. The deer that I'm hunting are either coming from or going to their destination!!
Is this a trick question?[:-]
I believe that all of my hunts are destination hunts. The deer that I'm hunting are either coming from or going to their destination!!
I consider a "destination hunt" as actually being set up on their destination.....
09-28-2007 | 07:13 AM
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
I have a North wind forecasted for Saturday[8D]Pretty rare for my area.....Luckily I have a few spots a North wind will work out good..... Well that's if the deer cooperate 
All depending on the wind of course.
Do I setup for current wind, or what it will switch too
09-28-2007 | 07:17 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
i try to avoid hunting over food sources in the morning, particulary in the early season as if there are deer there, i may spook them and if there are not deer there when I show up I probably will not see anything. I hang back and hunt the edges of heavy thickets, the ones where the first rubs and scrapes appear. That of course means I have to have a very relyable wind, and be willing to sitthrough 2+ hrs of darkness to get in there early enough, but it worked last year
09-28-2007 | 07:20 AM
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RE: Let's talk strategy II.....
Sounds to me like you just don't hunt, Germ....if you want to play it "textbook".....or get down from your current setup when you feel the wind switch. Just take a chainsaw and start whacking limbs on your way over to your new stand. the deer don't seem to mind this, apparently. As long as you're not in hunting gear.....they know you're not a threat!
LOL.....
You're smarter than they are. Go hunt. You'll do the right thing.
LOL.....
You're smarter than they are. Go hunt. You'll do the right thing.