Or a couple of raccoons?Ever heard a squirrel climb a pine tree....loud as all get out yet the deer aren't spooked.
Or a couple of raccoons?Ever heard a squirrel climb a pine tree....loud as all get out yet the deer aren't spooked.
Sounds like a personal problem for the timber companies to me.I agree but timber companies don't want to wait 200 years between harvests so they pant these nasty pines they can cut every 25 years. The one thing I do like about pines is when they are young, they offer great bedding cover for deer.
You should try a double or triple trunk white oak sometime. Found a giant nutall oak this year with a 5 trunked sweet gum 20 yards from it. Next time that oak is dropping it's gonna be a massacree.Pines ofer the best ambush set ups.
So I took my older brother to one of my spots years ago. I pointed out my pine tree and wished him luck and I went on to another tree.
We met at the truck, no deer so we head home.
Next time I go visit my pine I look up and to my horror he had cut every branch at my hunting level so he could shoot 300*.
I was not a happy camper. I had only removed a select few branches enough for a hang on and ability to make shots toward the trail intersection.
Don't be that guy. Set up for what spot is giving you.
Not the what if and maybe shots.
A pine in good spot is an assassins dream.
A great spot for a novice even.