trmichels

choosing a hunting site?

Do you spend long hours scouting for a particualr deer?

Or do you look for good deer sign and hang a stand, hoping a good one comes by?

Or do you have a traditional stand you hunt year after year?

Do you change sites based on the weather, or stick it out, or just don't go when things aren't right?


May God bless all of you,

T.R.

4evrhtn

I spend alot of money on batteries in my cameras
Once I find an area with good deer sign I set out something to make them pause in front of where I put my cams and leave the cams out for 2 weeks before checking them.

Yes, on land I own and land I lease where I can manage the herd. On public land this is impossible and one stand will not repeatedly produce the quality buck I am after therefore almost all of my time is spent on private land.

I only hunt my stands that are set up for the particular wind blowing that day. If the wind isn't right I won't hunt a stand even if it is where the buck I am after is usually seen. I'll set up on another stand for doe on these occassions.

And God Bless You!

cardeeer

I hunt my food plots and stations. The deer normally make a circle thru the day on my property. So I start out at the morning spot , move to the midday spot then the evening spot according to their moving habits. If I am looking for a buck I will hang around the does that I see all around the place thru the day. If it is time to take a doe ,that only takes the first 10 minutes of first light. A good day would be seeing between 50 and 70 deer a day.

trmichels

You both soudn like a man with a plan.

I've got just a couple of quesions of you 4,

1. How many camers do you have out? Did you initially or do you know, spend time to find the right location to put out your cameras, such as lookng for rubs, scrapes tarils? And how many years, or scouting sessions, did it take you to understand the best places to hunt on each property?

2. What do you use to stop he deer in front of camears, and what do you use to stop the deer when hunting, if anything?

God bless,

T.R.

4evrhtn

God bless you and yours!

Game Stalker

I vary my methods.I hunt water sources/food sources.Sometimes I go for scrapes and rub lines.I also hunt ravines where there are breaks in the forest cover allowing the sun to hit the area and warm deer on the coldest days.Sometimes I will hunt shooting lanes to increase my range.This works but has been the least effective in mixed cover.There are many people where I hunt so I use all options available.I also don't like to overhunt a spot.

Rhody Hunter

all of the above examples . old set ups but change on the conditions

lifesadrag

I hunt travel corridors. Known funnels, or I look for what appears to be a good funnel, places where the deer are known to move from years of hunting where I hunt.....all year long. I primarily hunt pressured public land.

FlaBoy18

I like to focus on transitions. For example, a change from pines to a thick cypress swamp. Deer like to travel on the edge of these transitions.

Bukmastr

I scout heavy in spring and concentrate on buck bedding areas... Mature bucks do not move far from there beds in daylight. The closer you are the better your odds.