Hunting Cut-overs!
 

What's the best way to hunt a cut-over?

My cut-over only produces from dusk til dawn. I have a trail cam out & NO deer have moved in the daylight since early December. Once the sun is down enough where I can only see them with a scope or binoculars, they come out.

I usually set up in the mature timber on the outside of the cutover, because once it starts to grow up a tad, its so thick you can't see anyway.

Hunting cut-overs!
 

I agree with hunting the edges. I was able to cut a shooting lane about 15 x 400 yards through the cut-over I hunt. Last year I hunted it without the shooting lane and boy did it make a difference this year. I saw a good number of deer crossing the shooting lane that I would've never seen last year.

If its fresh and has no cover give it a year to get some groth that will provide cover. I like to set up in a corner with a good road straight in front and another 90 degrees to my left around the perimeter that will give you good shooting lanes. I usually will use a tripod 14' or so to get some elevations to see into the brush. The roads are where you will kill deer theough as they cross always have your gun up and at the ready when your get a chance to shoot it won't last but a few seconds.

New cuttings will attract a deer like a magnet. I hunt cuttings quite often and as previously mentioned, hunting the edges is my recommendation. You will need to spend time scouting to determine what areas the deer are using to enter the cuttings. Deer love edges and finding what edges are being used is key.

Most of the time I find the deer at the edge of the cuttings in the thicker woods. Although later afternoon seems to be better, I have seen deer use these edges at all times of the day.