Stand Placement Suggestions
#1
Stand Placement Suggestions
Ok guys...lets hear your suggestions for Stand locations.
I pretty much canhunt south of the Highway and East of the road that runs up the middle of pic.
That is a abandoned apple orchard in the pic. It still produces some apples but is not an active orchard.
Thanks in advance.
I pretty much canhunt south of the Highway and East of the road that runs up the middle of pic.
That is a abandoned apple orchard in the pic. It still produces some apples but is not an active orchard.
Thanks in advance.
#3
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
The abandoned apple orchard would be one of the first places I would look at. I also like the looks of the little secluded fields to the east. Are they planted? I am guessing that is a creek that runs just west of the fields, I would be looking that over to see if they have a preferred crossing area. A topo map would be a huge help with as much timber as you have.
#6
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
ORIGINAL: kickin_buck
The abandoned apple orchard would be one of the first places I would look at. I also like the looks of the little secluded fields to the east. Are they planted? I am guessing that is a creek that runs just west of the fields, I would be looking that over to see if they have a preferred crossing area. A topo map would be a huge help with as much timber as you have.
The abandoned apple orchard would be one of the first places I would look at. I also like the looks of the little secluded fields to the east. Are they planted? I am guessing that is a creek that runs just west of the fields, I would be looking that over to see if they have a preferred crossing area. A topo map would be a huge help with as much timber as you have.
The little fields to the east are actually Pear orchards. They too are abandoned. And yes that is a creek that runs west of the fields.
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#7
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Inverness, MS
Posts: 3,982
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
Whats the scale? How many acres are we looking at? Is it mature timber? What is that sport of darker timber north of the field? Is the apple orchard grown over or do the bush hog it? Give us some more details!
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas city, Missouri
Posts: 2,571
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
man those abandoned pear orchards is where i would put in a lil food plot and in the middle of that timber it would be awesome! how many acres are there and how many acres are the abandoned pear orchards
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
If that field is currently producing crops, I would place a stand to intercept deer bedded in those pines to the north of it......also, to the southwest, there seems to be some thicker cover....try to set up where the cover changes from thick, to medium, to no cover....I love setting up on "inside edges" that occur when cover changes or overlaps. Those are just my humble opinions. Best of luck.
#10
RE: Stand Placement Suggestions
I would look for any possible fencelines along the creek and find areas where the fence is down or partially down near a shallow area of the creek where they would cross. It is hard without a topo but I like the shortest distance between feeding areas where there is water nearby.
There darker grouping of trees north of the orchard, are they oaks? If they are oaks you will also have the liklihood of deer traveling from the orchard to them as part of their travel path as long as there is a good acorn crop.
I would also walk though the woods along any deer trails and look up, chances are someone hunted it in the past and already has an area marked for you.
There darker grouping of trees north of the orchard, are they oaks? If they are oaks you will also have the liklihood of deer traveling from the orchard to them as part of their travel path as long as there is a good acorn crop.
I would also walk though the woods along any deer trails and look up, chances are someone hunted it in the past and already has an area marked for you.