Next step: Move or stay put??

[bigcat93]

Ok, so heres the scenario; I have been hunting a couple acres behind my uncles house that is basically squeezed between two streets and a house (this house hasn't been occupied in the past 2 years i've hunted here. I sat the first time in a tree marked by the GREEN STAR, and the GREEN arrows show the deers movement that day, was in stand around 5am (630ish sunrise), and saw first deer on the woods edge just before 7.

The RED star shows where I moved to sit this morning, and RED arrows show deer movement today. In stand around 515 (640 sunrise). Saw first doe around 635, about 7am 2 other doe and a fork horn showed up from the woods to the west of the house headed to the field edge and my direction. However, for some reason today they were spooked by someone walking down the driveway of this house around 715-720 and then they ran off and never came back..

Any suggestions?

 

[justsomedude]

There will be trails connecting bedding areas to those clearings.
Setting up in the most major trail with the wind at your favor is the basic tactic. But getting closer to bedding areas increases your odds.

 

[g2outdoors]

Any chance you could zoom out and give us a little more Intel on the immediate area? Streets, other houses, other wood lots, potential food sources, etc.?

 

[bigcat93]

Any chance you could zoom out and give us a little more Intel on the immediate area? Streets, other houses, other wood lots, potential food sources, etc.?

yeah ill do that now

 

[bigcat93]

 

[redsquirrel]

So you said its a couple acres, thats not much land to move around on. I would set up on the best looking travel routes on the property and stick to that. The deer are not going to walk through the same spot every time they go through, so you just have to play the odds. Eventually they will walk right by you. I'm very familiar with the area that you are hunting. If the terrain is anything like what I'm used to, there is probably lots of brush and its thick. This is great deer habitat but they could and will be in many different places, so like I said earlier you just have to play the odds.

 

[bigcat93]

You're right red. those green patches near my green star are short thick trees. I've had tons of deer move through there on camera, but the last two years this spot kind of goes dry by october, then picks up again during the rut. Trying to get my doe before i move onto my other spot and before the county land opens up oct. 1st.

 

[iKato]

Though I doubt anyone on here will try to come hunt your spot behind your uncle's house, though I could be mistaken, you can turn off "Roads" under the layers tab in Google Earth to hide street names when sharing photos for the sake of privacy.

Looks like they are using that treeline edge as a travel point and bedding close to some of those pines by "Charles St". I'd back off for a couple of weeks and then come back with some scent attractant so when they do come by they will stop in closer for a shot. The more you walk in those woods the worse it will get.