how do you find that honey hole?
09-06-2010, 02:48 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Northern NY
Posts: 311
Just take a day and scout in the woods. Look for tracks, bedding areas, and especially right now look for scrapes. They're starting/finishing (depends on location) to shed their velvet. Also, food sources depend on your location. I know here in Northern NY right now they're loving little wild cherries off of cherry trees, and also oak buds.
09-06-2010, 04:39 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 489
my buck hunting only stands are located in the wood's, deep in the woods. I like to find and map the major food sources, try to find some bedding areas, then add in some topographic changes. a creek or draw between them all.
09-06-2010, 05:09 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,837
I like thick dark bottoms. I like to walk the lengths of long bottoms and find funnels/pinch points. Seems like I can always find a good funnel some where in every bottom. I dislike hunting ridges because to me the deer are too scattered on ridges. I like finding that good funnel in a dark bottom between the bedding area and the food source.. My next favorie is inside corners where thick woods meets a field.
09-07-2010, 08:27 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: delaware
Posts: 128
i like to see fresh buck poop right where i want to be hunting. i mean almost steaming is best. i dont know about research says, but i believe if a deer poops they are not worried about being scented in that area plus it shows they are definitely there. just got back from my spot and found a nice fresh pile. i have had spots that ive made mistakes and been busted and suddenly there is less poop laying around. tracks aint always everything especially if the ground is moist because they stay in the ground for a couple weeks or more sometimes. now if i see dozens of tracks like the ground is tore up then im happy to hunt there as well.
