Did some last minute scouting in a park I just started hunting last year and am still learning. I picked out 3 trees to hunt. Here is a sketchup (I'm not in 1st grade I swear!) of 2 of the spots because they are pretty close together. The spot next to the creek I went to because on the aerial map it looked like it might be a good pinch point between the creek and the marsh. There is thick bedding all around this place so I thought it would be a good spot for the bucks to cruise through. The other spot I found as I came in from the bottom (which is north, I'm drawing it as I enter it, don't ask me why i did that). I saw the first monster rub and then as I came up to the marsh I realized it was 2 nice openings with runways coming together and I found another monster rub off to the side.
Saturday it is supposed to be in the mid 40s with rain and even a chance of some snow showers with N winds at 15 mph. I plan to hunt the spot where the 2 openings meet hoping to catch a big one in the thick stuff in that weather. I'm going to save the funnel for when I see a good amount of cruising going on.
I will put a sketch together for the other spot when I have a chance. It has more monster rubs and I have an idea of the buck who is making them. He comes out of the area where I think he is bedding and hugs the safety zone off a maintenance shed and then some houses, stays in the area you can't hunt until he gets a good distance away and its probably dark. He had rubs all through this one section last year and I found his rub line leading out of the bedding area. I was not able to get into either of the 2 trees that I really wanted to, but I was able to find 1 tree just off the edge of the safety zones where it looks like he probably cuts though.
Saturday it is supposed to be in the mid 40s with rain and even a chance of some snow showers with N winds at 15 mph. I plan to hunt the spot where the 2 openings meet hoping to catch a big one in the thick stuff in that weather. I'm going to save the funnel for when I see a good amount of cruising going on.
I will put a sketch together for the other spot when I have a chance. It has more monster rubs and I have an idea of the buck who is making them. He comes out of the area where I think he is bedding and hugs the safety zone off a maintenance shed and then some houses, stays in the area you can't hunt until he gets a good distance away and its probably dark. He had rubs all through this one section last year and I found his rub line leading out of the bedding area. I was not able to get into either of the 2 trees that I really wanted to, but I was able to find 1 tree just off the edge of the safety zones where it looks like he probably cuts though.
