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Any fresh ideas on hunting this?

neonomad

neonomad

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My property is the upper section of this picture but for years this has been hot hot hot doe bedding and I do have permission to hunt it, all but the southeast property. The dot at the top is a stand I’ve had set up here for years, but I see way more action at the south end and I need to make a move. I can enter from the north/east/west (someday I plan to sit west woods morning with a rare east wind). The pines are huge and thick, tough to get a stand in and find lanes without doing some new sawing on limbs (next year), and you either shoot east or west, the pine row is too wide to cover both ways. I’m thinking about setting up in that tall grass on the ground, ASAT leafy suit, at least two thirds of the way south down along the edge of the pines, facing into the thick stuff hoping to get a buck cruising in the next few weeks. The downside is if any deer cut east into the bean field, they’ll be downwind of me quick and the jigs up, every hunt counts. Any thoughts on how you might attack this?
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How is the area east of the Dow bedding, at the base of the strip of white pines? Inside corner? You could access that from the road to the west, then 90degree turn north.

What is that area to the south? Any attraction there? Perhaps set up south of the doe bedding to intercept.
 
MEB said:
How is the area east of the Dow bedding, at the base of the strip of white pines? Inside corner? You could access that from the road to the west, then 90degree turn north.

What is that area to the south? Any attraction there? Perhaps set up south of the doe bedding to intercept.
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Agree that area south would be a good place to be - and adds critical climable trees- but currently I don’t have permission in that section, and always felt like I had plenty of acreage north of that to work with, but have never scored on it! If you were to walk from the west road into that area early afternoon you are definitely busted, especially once the leaves are down. Fun fact I found a deflated foil balloon right next to a bed in here, not sure if youre familiar w that phenomena. But I do agree I need to be targeting that south inside corner of the pines... current plan is just walk south in the interior of the pines and find the spot with the best lanes to the clearing. You’d think those pines would have all kinds of good spots to set up in, but the truth is it will take some serious sawing.
 
What is the pond looking area between the beans and the thicket? Maybe a good spot for a kill plot!!
 
Recurveaholic said:
What is the pond looking area between the beans and the thicket? Maybe a good spot for a kill plot!!
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Ha this IS a kill plot! But it’s just a little too far away from my treestand for bow because it gets
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wetter the farther north you go and I can’t get anything to grow right up to the tree line there. A blind or ground sit could work. This year a huge tree fell across my tractor access, I got busy and the weeds took over. 2021 goals... this pic is 2019 but this year with no brushhog back there, it’s much more grown up with weeds.

Edit: I’ve sat this stand many times, seen so many deer, all 50+ yards south of me. It’s just never come together.
 
neonomad said:
Ha this IS a kill plot! But it’s just a little too far away from my treestand for bow because it gets
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wetter the farther north you go and I can’t get anything to grow right up to the tree line there. A blind or ground sit could work. This year a huge tree fell across my tractor access, I got busy and the weeds took over. 2021 goals... this pic is 2019 but this year with no brushhog back there, it’s much more grown up with weeds.

Edit: I’ve sat this stand many times, seen so many deer, all 50+ yards south of me. It’s just never come together.
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Haha I guess you had the same idea!! Set up a ground blind and brush it in or just make a natural ground blind in the spot that sets up best for the prevailing winds!! Or a good ghillie suit works wonders!!
 
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