Where would you hunt on this land?
 

Where would be the best place to hunt on this land? I have crossed it by car and have seen deer run away at 150 yards. The place is about5000 acres big, (5 miles longand2 miles wide)and consist of swampy terrain, heathland, woods and has farmland and cornfields around it. It also has pools and little lakes in it.
What would be the best place to put a ground blind on?
Should i place it next to firelanes cut in the woods? Or should it be on the eart rampart's betweenthe terrain and the fields? Or should it be in the thick brushery or near the lakes?
According to sources here should be a population of about 200 whitetails.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

I would hunt that small yellow spot ...must be wherethe feeder is ;>))

dd

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

the are is to big with to much edge and surrounding food to know were the best spot is. i would go out with a spotting scope and scout out at least the mourning and plan for the evening. if it's public hunting land go were the rest won't tread, swampy, wet terrain adjacent to thickets and food. if this is every were then i guess you'll have to wing it. look promising from the pic and your description. good luck

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

Where the deer are.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

Do a little scouting and where you see the most crossing tracks, back off about 50yds and hunt the edge. The area looks good!

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

Like Jimmy said, if there is a funnel area between the water and a corn field,thats where I'd be.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

I would concentrate on runs that go from the dark green (bedding) areas to the light green ag type fields. Looks like an awesome property with everything one could want for success.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

Of course you would have to check it our for sign. But, on the right side of that property do you see what looks like an upside down V. It connects a pennensula of woods to a smaller strip of woods. The woods also look pretty thick right there. If you go check it out, and you find a lot of sign, I would set up down wind within range of that V, and also were I could get a good lookof that clearing. If all the ingrediants are there, I would probably try to get up in the air. If all you have is a ground blind maybe you can find some elevation.

C. Davis

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

If I'm not mistaken the area marked by yellow is a field.... the red circles are where I would put a stand.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

just scope the whole place out and check for deer scrapes and trails, etc.

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

in my opinion, scout the transition lines. where swamp meets pasture, palmetto flats meet a thicket, oak hammock meets food source, etc. when find these transition lines start looking for buck sign...rubs, scrapes, etc. if you find a transition line with buck sign, try to position yourself where you have a good line of sight on/near the transition line and between the food source and bedding area's. after this, keep the sun to your back if possible and/or face the direction where the wind/breeze hits your face. big bucks can come to you from down wind, but from my experience it's rare...especially if your going to be in a ground blind. treestand in my opinion is better not only for visual purposes but also keeps some of your scent away from the ground floor.

if you can find all this in one area and set up like i described, it'll be a good hunt.

or you can borrow DD's horseshoe and sit in your truck and shoot one...lol

RE: Where would you hunt on this land?
 

jim, I'm not sure of the type of landscape features you are dealing with and the location of and types of food sources but I have highlighted a few areas that look promising. You would need to scout on the ground to see if they would work for you. The area is extremely large but I can see a few funnels that possibly would work for stand locations. The funnels are created by the streams or fingers highlighted in red. The stand location would be in the area highlighted in yellow. Give them a try and see what they look like. Of course, paying attention to the wind will make all the difference in the world!