New hunting land!!! Need advice!
 

Me and one of my buddies got some new land to hunt this year. Its 900 acres of corn fields and woods. I just dont know where to even start with stand placement? I was hoping you guys could give me some advice on how you would go about finding the right trees to hunt? I would really appreciate it! Thanks

First i would walk the property, scout the property. Once you find sign of where they are coming out and scouting gives you the opertunity to see where they are coming out.

But you can never go wrong with setting up on pinch points, draws, coves or places where deer funnel to go through a ditch/thick cover.

IMO walk the property and think like a deer, where you would go etc..etc.. sound dumb but usally works for me on new property.

I agree with what he said above. The thing i would add is to use a trail camera if possible. Then you really know what you have wondering around.

Yeah i just bought a camera yesterday and am planning on getting it out this weekend. Im excited to see whats out there! The farmer said theres a ton of deer out there and are destroying alot of his crops! Question about scouting? I live in northwest indiana and its flat here so i dont have any high places to see real far to scout from. Just woods and a bunch of cornfields! Where should i scout from? Thanks for the advice guys!

Well if you only have one trail cam i would pick the best spot on the farm to put it and like i said IDK when your season starts but i would try to walk all of the property and get to know it. As for scouting if all the feilds are corn there is a chance that you will not see many deer if you are in your truck with binos. If you have a climber i would try to set it up on a feild edge to see if you can catch some deer entering the corn. But really you are SOL if there is corn. Your best bet is to walk the property and look for deer sign and set that trail cam up. Might even want to put some attractiant or bait if its legal in you state.

Also i really dont know how the land looks but if you are able to scout from the back of you truck to give you a better vantage point i would do that..

Talk with the farmer and find out what he knows. It's his crops, he will know where he is getting the most damage and where he is seeing the deer. Then before even stepping foot on the property, I would look at satellite images and look for pinch points, funnels etc. Here we are getting real close to season, I want to find out as much as I can before stepping foot on new property. That would be my approach. No sense in scenting the whole area up.

that about sums it all up, I would add inviting me over to help with herd location and elimination :happy0001:

If there is a creek running through it, thats a good place to start. More than likely the deer are going to cross it somewhere. They wont just cross it willy nilly, find the couple spots where it is crossed the most and hang a stand. Its a good starting point....if there's a creek. :D

Do you have a satalite map of this said property you can post up so we may digest it?

im working on that right now!!

Yes, post an overhead image and we can roll from there.. as far as scouting.. theres not a whole lot you can do if its simply corn and timber.. Don't tromp in there and just see what you spook up. Keep the pressure low and when your ready to hang a set go in and scout the trails/sign and get the idea then hang your set in what appears to be the best looking spot. From there you can do trial and error and move stands and play the chess match of hunting. Whatever you do, don't push it.. The less pressure the better your opportunity will be. Just take it nice and slow and figure it out as you go. Trial and error is how to go about new properties and new terrain. We will help in any way we can.

wheres the best place to get a satelite view of the property? and how do i get it on here?

I agree 100% but in order to find the best stop you are going to have to walk the property to see where the best place will be. Depending on how many properties you have you might be able let this one roll until the corn is cut (usally before the RUT) around me. And then Hunt the property..

But get an ariel and we all can help you. GOOGLE EARTH is the best imo.

Heres the picture of part of the land

Well that didnt work!!!!

Nice looking property. I placed some stands based off funnels and feild edges. Cameras r always the way to go once you've narrowed down a likely area. Just my opinion of where I would place my stands. Always have options for different winds. Nothing worse then ruining a great piece of land because of impatience. Take ur time and learn your property without molesting it. Good luck, keep me posted I'm curious what your efforts bring you this season.

I think he hit it on the head based on stand placement...Looks like there are 2 ponds on the property and another Tax ditch or something of that nature..But yeah that is a good looking property!

Here is another section that i got permision to hunt!

Another Good looking property! Now are those all roads running through the property?

To many options with that other property. Just look at the map and find the funnels of narrow timber coming out of the big timber, corners of fields. A ridge coming into a field. I found in early season deer will come into the first shady spot in the field. Good luck.

I beleive those are ditches and maybe a creek. How do you tell whats a ridge and a funnel? I dont really dont know how to read these maps.

There are a ton of options. But just by looking at the map, here are areas I would scout or place stands.

My buddies and I have some new hunting land this year. I think we should start off by walking the property and finding core bedding area's and staying out of them. I would only hunt corners and edges leading to the beds on the property and stay out of the woods until rut. I have no clue how to hunt that much property but that would be my approach.