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Just got another property
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Cladavidson
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Seals72
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Is the blue off limits or is it your lease?
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What are u hunting red or blue or both? And I️ think if you zoom out a bit more you may get some better advice
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Seals72
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I would start in this area for evening hunt
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There appears to be a transition line roughly following where I marked. Sorry the artworks on my phone lol.
Cladavidson
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SG843
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Pitch points and transitions are what you're looking for with aerials. Internet scouting will only show you good starting points to hunt and scout. Cannot replace boots on the ground and letting the deer show you how and where the tweaking will need to take place. Very rare to luck up and find the perfect tree from a digital screen.
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ImThere
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Need terrain map and topo map.
1. Right now I could only say bottom corner of the field especially the corner with the point they like to use the point to stay in cover to the last possible moment.
2. If you don’t see them in the field before dark come 75ish yards inside the wood line to find the deer staging area before the enter the field.
3. With a topo or terrain map you might see subtle features that might cause deer to move through a certain area.
4. Look where pines meet hard woods. Or thickets meet hard woods. Basically Any type of vegetation change.
5. Note persimmon trees, white oak trees, red oak trees, pignut trees.
That will get you zeroed in on where to scout the wear out some good boots and hunt. If I was hunting this year I would probably only scout in the rain. Or go in blind set up off map features and hunt. I would be worried about bumping deer off the place. What is the other side? I would make sure I pressured it less than property around me.
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1. Right now I could only say bottom corner of the field especially the corner with the point they like to use the point to stay in cover to the last possible moment.
2. If you don’t see them in the field before dark come 75ish yards inside the wood line to find the deer staging area before the enter the field.
3. With a topo or terrain map you might see subtle features that might cause deer to move through a certain area.
4. Look where pines meet hard woods. Or thickets meet hard woods. Basically Any type of vegetation change.
5. Note persimmon trees, white oak trees, red oak trees, pignut trees.
That will get you zeroed in on where to scout the wear out some good boots and hunt. If I was hunting this year I would probably only scout in the rain. Or go in blind set up off map features and hunt. I would be worried about bumping deer off the place. What is the other side? I would make sure I pressured it less than property around me.
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swampsnyper
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If the grass is low in the field, I’d set up in the field under one of those bushes where I could watch as much of the wood line as possible the 1st hunt. If I don’t see how they entering the field, I’d walk just inside the wood line and set up on best sign. Slowly working my way deeper each hunt. Might move in quicker if there were terrain feature to make a funnel or pinch.
Root
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Let's talk access routes into it. The property is basically field from one end to the other. Although it is a rolly field that crows in the center. The roast that looks like it runs front to back is a one lane driveway width seasonal right away road. No where to park on it. (this isn't my first rodeo, but I like opinions. Plus it's the last weekend in bow season)
Talking to the owner last night I pulled up a map on my phone and asked his opinion. He's not a deer hunter but knows his property line the back of his hand. He said the area I colored red is pretty wet kinda brushy area with a small stream/ditch that runs from there to the back of his property. I'd assume some kind of bedding area. The green is a patch of shorter pines that border a small wet hole. It also has a stream / ditch that runs front to back through the woods. He's seen does bedded in the blue area.
Talking to the owner last night I pulled up a map on my phone and asked his opinion. He's not a deer hunter but knows his property line the back of his hand. He said the area I colored red is pretty wet kinda brushy area with a small stream/ditch that runs from there to the back of his property. I'd assume some kind of bedding area. The green is a patch of shorter pines that border a small wet hole. It also has a stream / ditch that runs front to back through the woods. He's seen does bedded in the blue area.
Right now I'd be about as far on the downwind side as I could. With a hunting club next door, the deer know it and will use it to their advantage. Maybe scout the low spots from a distance and then give yourself a view to observe movement. If that field has a corner that can't be seen easily that may be good as well. Inside corners, thick spots along edges, etc.
blbloomquist
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Couple other factors is where people are hunting in the blue property and typical wind direction
