What do you or would you do if the deer dont generally bed down on the land you hunt on?? Last season I saw over 20 different bucks and who knows how many does but they dont seem to bed on the property. Ive seen maybe 3 bucks bedded down and about a dozen does. During the shotgun season I hunted the property for the season openner and in the snow I found one bed and it was on the property line. I guess at least the deer eventually make it to the field. What are yourthoughts???

my thoughts are who cares as long as there passing by your stand.

I have no idea, with the said post above, at least you are seeing them.

That was kinda my way of thinking but usually the big boys dont move til the low light hours and by the time they get to me its too dark or Im already out of the stand probably. I saw tons of young bucks this year. Ill admit I did see 3 really big guys before dusk but the wrong place wrong time scenario. I didnt know if anybody had any insight to catch em earlier. I think Im gonna buy some game cams to put out and see if its even possible to intercept them or just hafta get lucky.

My advice would be to do some intense scouting to see when and where they big boys are traveling when they do travel on your property. You may be able to pattern them and learn that you're only going to have a 15 minute window of opportunity at dawn or dusk, but hey, that's all you need. Also, I wouldn't totally rule out doing some in season scouting with a situation like yours.

Make some good bedding areas. Hinge cut some trees to make a thick brushy area and stay out of it so the deer feel comfortable. Another option is to plant some switchgrass or Native Warm Season Grasses. The deer WILL BED in this stuff guaranteed.

It sounds like you have an idea of where they do bed even though its off your property. Do you use a site like Google Earth? If so, do some homework to try to pinpoint some possible bedding areas on the adjacent properties. You can learn a "lot" from studying aerial and satellite photos. It also sounds like you have a pretty good idea of the trail system on your property. If so, backtrail those particular trails you saw activity on this season and find some new spots that are closer to the property line so that you can intercept them a little earlier. Deer move slowly in the afternoon working their way from bedding areas to feeding areas, esp. mature bucksand just a small move closer to their bedding area can buy you some significant time. With the info. you gather from Google Earth and your scouting expeditions try to find yourself some type of pinch point to set up at. Who knows, maybe the trails you've been watching intersect near the property line.Most property lines in this country are some sort of feature like a waterway, field edge, rd. etc etc. There's usually lots of pinch pts. along property lines. Good luck.

Dan

Heres the property I hunt. Yellow is property line, Red is some of the main deer trails, Green dots are my stands.
The area on the East side of the property is thick pines, my stand on the east side is along a rub line where the rubs are on trees as big around as my waist. The area along the field edge is oaks, locusts, and a few cedars mixed in also.

I Dont see it

I cant get it posted but heres the link I think. http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...7254287042.png