need advice on hunting the plains
07-08-2012, 12:04 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
need advice on hunting the plains
Hello all,
I'm in the Army and haven't been hunting for a few years. I'm really excited to get back into hunting. I'm stationed in Kansas so I know there are some great deer to be had. My problem is that I'm from East of the Mississippi River. I was brought up hunting in woods and my local hunting areas seem to be open grassy areas with small patches of trees. How in the world do you hunt this stuff?
I'm in the Army and haven't been hunting for a few years. I'm really excited to get back into hunting. I'm stationed in Kansas so I know there are some great deer to be had. My problem is that I'm from East of the Mississippi River. I was brought up hunting in woods and my local hunting areas seem to be open grassy areas with small patches of trees. How in the world do you hunt this stuff?
07-08-2012, 01:30 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
If you're stationed at Fort Riley, there is good deer and even elk hunting there. If you are or are stationed close to there, I would contact someone in the front office and inquire about hunting the property.
07-08-2012, 01:43 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 600
I am at Ft. Riley but I live off post. There is public land close to where I live (that seems fairly untouched) I just don't really know what I'm doing out here. I'm really out of my element. I plan on hunting Rifle to cover some more of this open land, but how do you set up? Just sit up on a hill and scan with binoculars?
Last edited by Seif5034; 07-08-2012 at 01:46 PM.
07-16-2012, 08:00 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Posts: 452
I hunt the Sandhills of Nebraska, but have about 11,000 acres that I can access. The main way to hunt those open hills is to spot and stalk. Slowly walk to a vantage point, scan, and stalk the deer. If you don't see anything, repeat the process until you do.
The method is really the same. You hunt the areas that deer will be attracted to. Water sources, bedding, cover, and food.
Now I also hunt the eastern half of the state where it is all agriculture. You'd be surprised how many deer can hole up in those small patches of timber. Find an area and go scout. Look for signs. Getup early and see where deer are coming from, and where they are going each day.
No matter where at in the country you are hunting, deer brains are about the same and work in similar ways. You'll find that your methods may have to adjust to the location, but the idea behind it all remains pretty similar.
The method is really the same. You hunt the areas that deer will be attracted to. Water sources, bedding, cover, and food.
Now I also hunt the eastern half of the state where it is all agriculture. You'd be surprised how many deer can hole up in those small patches of timber. Find an area and go scout. Look for signs. Getup early and see where deer are coming from, and where they are going each day.
No matter where at in the country you are hunting, deer brains are about the same and work in similar ways. You'll find that your methods may have to adjust to the location, but the idea behind it all remains pretty similar.
07-16-2012, 08:13 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Posts: 452
I hunt the Sandhills of Nebraska, but have about 11,000 acres that I can access. The main way to hunt those open hills is to spot and stalk. Slowly walk to a vantage point, scan, and stalk the deer. If you don't see anything, repeat the process until you do.
The method is really the same. You hunt the areas that deer will be attracted to. Water sources, bedding, cover, and food.
Now I also hunt the eastern half of the state where it is all agriculture. You'd be surprised how many deer can hole up in those small patches of timber. Find an area and go scout. Look for signs. Getup early and see where deer are coming from, and where they are going each day.
No matter where at in the country you are hunting, deer brains are about the same and work in similar ways. You'll find that your methods may have to adjust to the location, but the idea behind it all remains pretty similar.
The method is really the same. You hunt the areas that deer will be attracted to. Water sources, bedding, cover, and food.
Now I also hunt the eastern half of the state where it is all agriculture. You'd be surprised how many deer can hole up in those small patches of timber. Find an area and go scout. Look for signs. Getup early and see where deer are coming from, and where they are going each day.
No matter where at in the country you are hunting, deer brains are about the same and work in similar ways. You'll find that your methods may have to adjust to the location, but the idea behind it all remains pretty similar.
