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Thoughts?

Hillclimber said:
It seems like deer like to hoard up at access areas. I think they use the whole landscape but the keep there watch does and bucks at access areas. What do you think Danny? Did you see more sign close to your access point?
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It kind of depends. Definitely not right at the access point. The buck beds I’ve found have been further out away from people. The issue with this area was there was so much black bear sign up high where you would expect to see more deer activity


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Right on. Yea bears and deer don’t get along around here either. I enjoy seeing bears, but it’s probably a little rarer down here in central wv than up near you.
 
DannyAttacksTheMountain said:
Found a couple of what I believe are buck beds but I didn’t find any evidence of any big boys being in there. All rubs were knee level or below and on smaller diameter trees.

I also found that the area I expected to have good sign and hold good buck beds had lots of black bear sign. So this may be one possible reason why the deer appear to have moved out.

However, I did find some good doe bedding with some scrapes on the downwind side. So I might use it as a backup spot when my better spots won’t produce. This spot would be a morning spot during the chase phase.

Thanks all for the info and help!

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I noticed in your pictures there are mostly Chestnut Oak leaves on the ground there. Does that location have patches of White oak and/ or Red Oak? or is this a mixture of tree species all over? I have found on large tracts that finding little pockets of White Oak can be a gem early season if there is a decent mast crop. Also, a good idea too is check with the state you are hunting and see what public parcels have been logged recently. I have found spots where deer move into areas that have been recently logged taking advantage of new growth where they can reach it. On larger parcels I prefer to start my scouting finding a dominant food source and locate bedding off of that. Sometimes its as simple as a patch of White Oaks that are dropping hard for a week or two.

Hope that helps in some way, always good to get all angles! Good luck to you!
 
Not a huge fan of the access down the ridge top. Esp. If u can drive it, all those points will be pressured
 
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