Same spots. Never changes. The only thing that changes is the timing in which they are there. Simple to find, hard to hunt if it's the right one.....holly knolls.
Where I'm at the good ones are typically bordered by hard edge....phrag, open field, etc. Find one in the briars and its magic. I've been observing the same behavior and consistency in spots for a few years. There's usually a good tree or two in or around them, but they are typically worthless to hunt from. The draw to the deer imo is the sightline from the ground.....they can see what they can't smell. They feel secluded on their own little "island". Usually they are dark....like light is gone at sunset, not afterwards.
Give me a cold, misty drizzle and a ENE wind in November and I can get in front of one. May not get a shot, but the hunt is ALWAYS an adventure.
These are the times I get stuck between wanting a stickbow and a compound. Gun is too easy, bow is harder, stickbow is borderline maddening.
Where I'm at the good ones are typically bordered by hard edge....phrag, open field, etc. Find one in the briars and its magic. I've been observing the same behavior and consistency in spots for a few years. There's usually a good tree or two in or around them, but they are typically worthless to hunt from. The draw to the deer imo is the sightline from the ground.....they can see what they can't smell. They feel secluded on their own little "island". Usually they are dark....like light is gone at sunset, not afterwards.
Give me a cold, misty drizzle and a ENE wind in November and I can get in front of one. May not get a shot, but the hunt is ALWAYS an adventure.
These are the times I get stuck between wanting a stickbow and a compound. Gun is too easy, bow is harder, stickbow is borderline maddening.