Walked a public ground just down the road from me. 3.8 miles and walked most of the edges of the area.
1st question. I only counted 4 ladder/tree stands on the property. Is that normal this time of year for Michigan? Or in the next month will they multiple?
2. There was a strip that had a corn field up high, and open woods w/mature trees slooping down to a real marshy area. Super thick and deep water. I wanted to go in, but my knee boots weren't gonna cut it. I found some green acorns starting to drop. But with the open woods and long visabiltiy, is this a spot you would expect to see bucks during day light? My instinct is telling me not really. To exposed for them. Probably some Does? Unless they are coming out of the swamp up to corn before it's dark.
3. I did find a decent buck track near the parking lot headed out of some swamp. It just poured rain yesterday, so it was pretty fresh. There was some grassy open areas near the parking lot that had some beds and found a couple oak trees. Would those be a better place to start early season you think? Or even the trail I found running in/out of the marsh. I found another place I liked up along the corn field next to the un planted feild and some grassy area that had some beds in it. It's a little farther walk in. But looks like a good spot.
All the other good spots were stuck in dense area with super thick cover.
Just thinking out loud. See what anyone else thinks.
1st question. I only counted 4 ladder/tree stands on the property. Is that normal this time of year for Michigan? Or in the next month will they multiple?
2. There was a strip that had a corn field up high, and open woods w/mature trees slooping down to a real marshy area. Super thick and deep water. I wanted to go in, but my knee boots weren't gonna cut it. I found some green acorns starting to drop. But with the open woods and long visabiltiy, is this a spot you would expect to see bucks during day light? My instinct is telling me not really. To exposed for them. Probably some Does? Unless they are coming out of the swamp up to corn before it's dark.
3. I did find a decent buck track near the parking lot headed out of some swamp. It just poured rain yesterday, so it was pretty fresh. There was some grassy open areas near the parking lot that had some beds and found a couple oak trees. Would those be a better place to start early season you think? Or even the trail I found running in/out of the marsh. I found another place I liked up along the corn field next to the un planted feild and some grassy area that had some beds in it. It's a little farther walk in. But looks like a good spot.
All the other good spots were stuck in dense area with super thick cover.
Just thinking out loud. See what anyone else thinks.