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general question to the Piled High Club?
how are you selecting target areas in your home state, a little further from home?
draw a ## mile radius on a map? notice where roadkill or deer in daylight are concentrated and make a note? note where firearms hunters don’t go?
I ask as I ( many of us) have access to over 1000 acres of fragmented WMAs, town forests and state land within 10 miles and I spend a lot of off-season scouting pieces of this. I try to eliminate big chunks ( more coyote than deer tracks, concentrated year round stands,
some of these areas have great sign. The WMAs typically get the most weekend pressure and out of state plates , trailheads are on state maps and serve as “it’s an ok to hunt here ”billboard” “
my notes show most daylight sightings occur on smaller/ under 100 acres pieces
how are you selecting target areas in your home state, a little further from home?
draw a ## mile radius on a map? notice where roadkill or deer in daylight are concentrated and make a note? note where firearms hunters don’t go?
I ask as I ( many of us) have access to over 1000 acres of fragmented WMAs, town forests and state land within 10 miles and I spend a lot of off-season scouting pieces of this. I try to eliminate big chunks ( more coyote than deer tracks, concentrated year round stands,
some of these areas have great sign. The WMAs typically get the most weekend pressure and out of state plates , trailheads are on state maps and serve as “it’s an ok to hunt here ”billboard” “
my notes show most daylight sightings occur on smaller/ under 100 acres pieces