Topography Map
#11
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 73
Thank you for your insight. There is a spot where i plan on putting a stand. Its in between two VERY steep drop offs. Seems to be pretty good deer sign. Bot a ton of skat or anything but i get some prints in the marsh that used to be a flowing river. So i mean i think I am going to be in a good spot. I just need for the spot to produce like i want it too. On top of it im hunting out of state in Connecticut and my girlfriend will kill me if i spend 125$ on a license and don't bring anything home lol
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#15
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 73
This is where i plan on putting my stands. The river that runs through is all dried up. Its a marshy area now but there isn't much for them to drink. So I am trying to put my stand in a spot where I can intercept them when they are getting water.
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Scout the area real good. look for old rubs, look for funnels those spots where a finger of land sticks out into a field and across the field a tiny bit is a similar finger sticking out, My brother hunts a funnel that is high ground only 30 feet wide between to marshy ponds. I hunt a funnel that is a long finger going slowly down a hill and a long slow finger going up the other side which are easier to climb than the hills around. I also hunt a point of a cedar swamp that sticks out into a cranberry bog with the same thing 50 yards across the bog. Deer have a trail thru there that is wore 6 inches deep.
Search for bedding areas don't set up right on top of the area but search for trailed to it that are heavy used. Same with food sources search for the trails to and from the area.
Don't be afraid to go sit in your stands well before the season just stay away for a while before the season opens. After the season while the trails are still smoking hot from the season scout again. Watch for those lightly use trails off to the side of those heavy wore down trails too.
Al
Search for bedding areas don't set up right on top of the area but search for trailed to it that are heavy used. Same with food sources search for the trails to and from the area.
Don't be afraid to go sit in your stands well before the season just stay away for a while before the season opens. After the season while the trails are still smoking hot from the season scout again. Watch for those lightly use trails off to the side of those heavy wore down trails too.
Al
#19
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 73
Al
Thank you Al! I have been scouting, but I am having a TERRIBLE time finding bedding areas. That's the only thing that's eluding me. I found TONS of acorns, a good amount of scat, some tracks in the marshy areas. Some hidden trails that are in HEAVY brush. But not thickets, its more of a viney area. I have no clue where to put the tree stand.