studying your hunting ground
 

do as lot of you just throw up a stand where theres a heavy trail or do alot of time scouting, with trail cams and also, do any of you focus on bottlenecks,saddles,ridgetops,inside corners,benches or scent checking areas. these are some of the places that i try to key onwhen scouting

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

Steven, i do all that you have mentioned above via arial photos and topo maps.

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

our favorite spots to hang stands are funnels created by God, and staging areas. and trails leading to the food/water/cover/staging areas

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

I use Google Earth. I love it. They just recently updated pictures of my hunting ground and it has really helped. Up until a few months ago, the pictures were well over 10 years old. Now I think they have it to within the last 3 or 4 years. I hunt farmland so I like to hunt natural funnels leading to feeding areas.

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

I hunt big woods. mostly during the rut. I may sit in an area that holds does. I have recently started chasing rut sign. I search high and low until I find super hot rut sign then focus there for a day maybe 2 if I have luck.

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

I mostly just look at which way a deer track is pointing an put a stand over there in front of it or behind it.







No really, I try to lookfor the key areas which you have mentioned.

RE: studying your hunting ground
 

A lot of the bucks bed about 50 yards off our property, and spend a lot of their time during the summer there. So, we actually hunt does, to hunt bucks. Simple yet proven concept. And of course we hunt the food plots, funnels, ridge crests, food sources, transition zones, edges of sactuaries. And another member of our club likes to walk around and look for deer. He's an idiot.