Amateur Hunter
10-27-2010, 05:20 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Posts: 2
Amateur Hunter
I have hunted in North Carolina for only a few years being relatively new to hunting. It seems every time season pops up, I am spending it in a foreign country. Well this is the first year I have had the chance to hunt all season and I just feel I am doing it all wrong. I am hunting on private land and I have laid all sorts of food caches with cams on them. A few big NC deer ( I say that because they would be tiny in somewhere like Kentucky ) have come through but only at night. I mean I am in stand early and out late. I cant seem to peg them down. I am hunting next to a creek bed that has plenty of paths around with tracks. Being relatively new to hunting, I cant seem to find scrapes and rubs. I have figured their bed downs around the where I am hunting only because I am spooking them. I mean can anyone out there give me an idea here. I just want to know it is the weather and not me...I have attached a google shot of where I hunt. Can anyone give me some ideas how they might hunt this area.
Last edited by abndevil82; 10-27-2010 at 06:14 PM.
10-27-2010, 06:13 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 616
First of all 
to the forum and hunting. Just from looking at the map I have circled 4 places in yellow where I would start. Not knowing where you are finding the sign. Funnels are a good place to catch deer moving through. Bedding, food sources, and water and the trails they use to move between these places are also good places to ambush them. Always play the wind meaning always have the wind blowing your scent away from the deer. Be still and quiet and you will see deer. Keep after it and good luck!
Live it up! Doug
to the forum and hunting. Just from looking at the map I have circled 4 places in yellow where I would start. Not knowing where you are finding the sign. Funnels are a good place to catch deer moving through. Bedding, food sources, and water and the trails they use to move between these places are also good places to ambush them. Always play the wind meaning always have the wind blowing your scent away from the deer. Be still and quiet and you will see deer. Keep after it and good luck!Live it up! Doug
10-27-2010, 07:21 PM
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 616
Live it up! Doug
lol
10-28-2010, 08:31 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,473
All four spots picked are inside corners. You'll always be able to hunt one of them no matter how the prevailing wind is blowing.
A topo with more area would be helpful so we can see surrounding features. Can you just link to the location? I don't think anyone is going to try to steal it.
By the way, are those mostly pines we're seeing?
A topo with more area would be helpful so we can see surrounding features. Can you just link to the location? I don't think anyone is going to try to steal it.
By the way, are those mostly pines we're seeing?
