Please.... A wolverine is at the bottom of the food chain..... At least in the BIG 10 anyhow

I agree we're pretty harmless these days, unless you're Penn State Our worst team in a decade and we still beat them.

I'd generally agree with that assessment, Scott - but as you know - sometimes you hunt an area where the beds are scattered, and/or the woods lack any natural bottlenecks, benches, ravine heads or other formations where the traveling deer get funnelled through a particular pinch point.

Sometimes, your only option is to sit over the corn field, or sit right along the edge of the oaks. You're right though, sometimes it's "Game Over" before you even climb the tree. You'll simply clear the field or acorn flat on your approach.

That's the risk you take, really. That's the game we play.

To be totally honest, not many of my hunting areas offer the "perfect hunt" - where you can slip in undetected, and likewise make a stealthy exit. Just due to the lay of the land, where I'm stuck parking, and other external factors - you're putting at least some of the deer on notice before you ever hook the climber onto the base of the tree. I know it's cost me, but there's just nothing I can do about it.

If anyone ever invents a Rocketeer backpack, where I can just quietly hover over the treetops and drop myself into position - I'll be the first guy to order one.

*Cough* **Cough** **Appalachianstate** *Cough** *Cough**

With my area having acorns everywhere, and only two crop fields that are huge, it's hard to establish a travel route from the feeding for a set up. However i know where the most prefered bedding areas are, and it allows me to hunt edges, terrain breaks ,and funnels, that deer are likely to use on there way to nighty night!! It seems like a good thick edge coupled with a relative open woods has always been my best bet. Gives them good cover to skirt the more open areas and look for does and see danger.

In MI I would slipped down in my Boat and move like I did last year. Then call you and count to 16

In Ohio I am limted to were I can hunt. I hate it when wind switches. Looks good in the Morning, but in prime time for me it might just do a 180. Sorry there is not much I can do for that. I am puzzled, I am looking over my map right now. I think I have the spots picked, but exit will be tough for me.

When I look to hunt a stand the wind is as important as walking out and in to me. Makes no sense to sit in a stand with the right wind, and then blow your scent in bedding areas walking out and bean field coming back in. That is the issue right now. If the wind switches to the SE, I will blow my scent right to where they are feeding. I might just take my blind and hunt what the wind gives me.

I am hunting with two other people, so I am limted on where I can go.

Gee, I guess I didn't get that from your description of destination hunt.

I hunt deer as they travel to their destination. Didn't know you mean't you had to be at the destination.

I don't hunt at destinations. If you get busted they won't be using that destination any more, at least during legal shooting hours. I hunt their travel routes because if you get busted, they'll just use a slightly different way to get to the same destination. Then all you have to do is slightly alter your stand location and you're back in bussiness.

Killed my first one 40 seasons ago just like that, with a recurve shooting about 150fps, wearing blue jeans, plad shirt and stinky leather boots. Total cost of hunting equipment including clothing, about 90 dollars!