does anybody here hunt on field edges here? any tips? the woods i hunt are very very thick until the leaves all fall so i usually dont like to intrude them until later. thanks

Yeah just put up a stand today that is 20 yards into the trees along the field. Going to whack a doe first time i hunt it.

I love hunting field edges......if you put up a stand be sure to set it back a little so it doesn't stick out in the field where the deer will see your movement,I put my stand just a few feet back but I have a row of tree's in front of my stand with lots of great cover from the limbs and leaves.I can see through the front cover and to my right and left there are some great shooting lanes with plenty of lower limbs and foliage to hide me.I have shot several deer out of my stand and my Daughter shot her first Doe from the very same stand during the Youth Hunt last year in October!

I was going to put my stand up in the very front row of tree's overlooking the field but a friend of mine from work found a better tree that sat back a little and thanks to his suggestion it has turned out to be one of the best hunting spots on our farm!You can use some of those Ameristep camo strips that look like leaves to hide the ladder stand legs and camo material to wrap around the top part of the stand where you sit or if you use a Climbing Stand you don't have to worry about camo-ing thelegslike you would a ladder stand.

I hunt alot of field edges. Not really because I want too.. it's just that where I hunt alot has small woodlots less than an acre in size. Can't get into the woods cause I'd spook the deer to the next county.

As far as advice.. There are so many variables when one hunts. I would need a more specific question.

What kind of fields are you hunting next to,beans cron wheat . I myself have never hunting the edge of a field wanted to but realy didn't think i would have much luck.Right now i have a bean field on the north end of the woods

We have one stand on a 4 acre corn field. The rest are in the woods.

its a cut soy bean field...weve seen some doe groups and a smaller buck, but it just seems like theres a better way.

I hunt field edges in the evenings but timber woods in the mornings.

I do, and between my buddy and I we have seen scrapes on trees bigger around than coke bottles. He must be a monster, we havent seen him yet but we've seen a few decent bucks. The boy making these scrapes though must be a monster. Its tough hunting along fields, but get off the field 20-30 yards and stay til dark, theyll make their way into the field at some point to feed. Check for deer trails going through the woods into the field though. Dont just go in blind.

[Deleted by Admins]