Good point Dan O.

I agree with others that the only way to get these deer to stay is food(plot or baiting), but I also think we shoud not jump on him because of a decision he has made. Just setup overlooking and downwind from a travel route, hunt cautiously to keep the area fresh, and put in some hours and you should have a good chance......Good Luck.

I think the overriding point here, is not to jump on him for not using food plots, but the simple fact that food is the only way to do what he' s looking to do. If you' re going to dismiss food plots out of hand, you simply have to follow the deer.

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I don' t mind when people jump on me when i talk about baiting, i' m used to it because I always say the same thing, and everyone always just reacts the same way.
Setting up on natural food sources is fine (and since farm fields can' t be rid of and they' ve been around a long time, it is natural).
I think it takes a real hunter to take a deer without a bait pile, or food purposly planted for deer, or nutrition blocks (theres a way to take a true trophy[&:]

Farm fields......natural........[&:][&:]

where i live, its been 50% farmfields forever.

so if your going to talk, please know what your talking about

I won' t talk about bait or food plots, since another thread is going on and I am done with the endless debate and BS, about a real hunter and so on...[X(]!

If you have alfalfa and soy beans, those are possibly a food source, no? Have you viewed the bucks feeding in either? If so then you need to formulate a plan to hunt them coming and going. If the bucks are just cruising through, ain' t nothing you can do (that you want to do) that will hold them, so give up that thought. If this is the case focus on where they are going and coming from, pick spots that with different winds, times, etc would be advantageuos to hunger down and wait. I would suggest you find where they call home and then find out where they are feeding. Catch my drift find out where they are going and coming from, then you' ll be able to form a plan to intercept them..never had much luck tying up a buck so i could shot him where I wanted too, I go to them.

One more question are any does around the area??? If not you will have to find them, especially as rut nears cause your bucks will be with the ladies.

I have to disagree about the ' 50% farm fields forever' part, maybe for a couple of hundred years. Agriculture fields are about as natural as climbing stands, rifles, shotguns, compound bows, cover scents, bait, scent lock suits, sex scents and dozens of other items and methods that are used to tilt the possibility of harvesting a deer to the favor of a hunter.

since you don' t want to hunt over a food plot,,,go to where the deer are and don' t wait for the deer to come to you