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Old 11-06-2013, 06:50 PM
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I'm new to hunting hill country. Trying to find a spot for all day sits to catch cruising bucks. Here's a couple maps. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Old 11-06-2013, 06:51 PM
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Here's a topo also
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Old 11-06-2013, 07:21 PM
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Walk the sunny side of the ridge without silhouetting yourself.

Stop in the shade of the "bush/cover" on your side of the valley/"cut".

Glass the opposite hillside that should be still throwing shade and look for animals transition to their bedding areas.
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Old 11-07-2013, 08:03 PM
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I marked the areas where I would focus if I hunted there.
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Old 11-08-2013, 05:38 AM
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I like to watch the saddles and the point where a ridge drops off on to a flat area. If a traveling buck is going perpendicular to the ridge he is likely to cross in a saddle. If he is going right down the ridge he will likely get funneled to the point when he hits the flat area.

And don't skylight yourself by moving along the crest of a ridge. Stay part way down one side.
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