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Have you checked the green area next to the highway on ramp?

MattMan81

MattMan81

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Just throwing this out. I'm no super public hunter. But I couldn't help but notice this morning a buck jumping back into the bushes along my highway entrance ramp. In between the on ramp and the highway. I have noticed rubs on trees on the opposite direction entrance ramp as well.
So just a thought for some of you public chasers. Don't over look them using those areas for cover.
 
MattMan81 said:
Just throwing this out. I'm no super public hunter. But I couldn't help but notice this morning a buck jumping back into the bushes along my highway entrance ramp. In between the on ramp and the highway. I have noticed rubs on trees on the opposite direction entrance ramp as well.
So just a thought for some of you public chasers. Don't over look them using those areas for cover.
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I have 800+ acres of private I hunt the back of it runs along the highway and that’s always the best hunting.
 
I have often thought about these exact same areas. I have witnessed both bucks and does using them. Unfortunately unless you have private or some public that happens to abut next to these areas you are out of luck. All of which I have none. I've pretty much written them off, but if you are lucky enough to be able to get into or just next to one these areas I'm sure it would be money!
 
This brought to mind an old thread I remembered, I included a link here.

Hunting near busy highways

I’m looking for advice/stories about how folks hunt near a busy highway like an interstate. I recently obtained permission to hunt a property that basically borders a busy section of interstate, and I definitely haven’t cracked the code on these deer yet. I’ve seen a decent amount of deer sign...
saddlehunter.com
 
I saw a pair of velvet bucks on the off ramp of a turnpike one summer and tried my hardest to find a way into it. Two sides were state highways, one side was an HOA neighborhood and couldn't get any permission to access. The last was a across a big creek (yall up north would call it a river) and the the opposite bank was owned by a dirt pit. No permission there either. I've seen these deer for a while now and two of them are easily booners.
 
my experience is they bed next to roads. nothing come at them from there. I hunt highways a lot
 
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