LarkHarrison243
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Thanks for all the advice so far, it has been really helpful.
If you hunt hard woods look for white and red oaks . If you take a set of binoculars in the summertime you can see the acorns up in the trees. Look for apples trees also. A lot has to do with where you hunt in relation to what kind of food that is available.Thanks, I guess my next step is to find some food sources.
I also need to get better at identifying trees! added to the list!If you hunt hard woods look for white and red oaks . If you take a set of binoculars in the summertime you can see the acorns up in the trees. Look for apples trees also. A lot has to do with where you hunt in relation to what kind of food that is available.
Inaturalist (I think thats the name) is an app that is really good at helping to ID trees, you do need service with it thoughI also need to get better at identifying trees! added to the list!
Thanks, I'll check it out.Inaturalist (I think thats the name) is an app that is really good at helping to ID trees, you do need service with it though
I also need to get better at identifying trees! added to the list!
Here are the different leaves on oaks. White oak leaves are rounded and red oaks are pointed.I also need to get better at identifying trees! added to the list!
Someone else suggested this, seems like it may be pretty useful. Thanks for the tip.Download the iNaturalist app. Take a pic of the leaves, Bart, but, flower, etc and upload. It’ll tell you the closest match. Big help
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Thanks, what does bedding look like? I am sorry for the silly questions this is the first year of hunting I am trying to find out why deer are in certain places. Earlier I would just look for some tracks and setup, needless to say I have yet to take a deerSo, this is a learning curve and you will get better as you go! Big woods can definitely be intimidating if you're just starting out or even if you're used to hunting different types of terrain. Catalog everything, either mentally or physically, I personally use OnX literaly almost every day. Learn to scout electronically using satellite imagery and topographic maps. Again I use OnX and place multiple wapoints to check out for when I do get to walk the area. Look for transition lines, edges, points, saddles or draws off of ridges, where multiple ridges come together, etc. Once you get a chance to walk it, do everything you can. Don't keep going back into an area every week. Mark absolutely everything you find, and then go back into OnX and look at everything you marked. Everything is important, but even more so if you can place it in relation to bedding. You want sign that is close enough to bedding that it could be made during shooting hours, not during the middle of the night. Check out Beau Martonik as well! Good luck!
Thanks, what does bedding look like? I am sorry for the silly questions this is the first year of hunting I am trying to find out why deer are in certain places. Earlier I would just look for some tracks and setup, needless to say I have yet to take a deer
Thanks, what does bedding look like? I am sorry for the silly questions this is the first year of hunting I am trying to find out why deer are in certain places. Earlier I would just look for some tracks and setup, needless to say I have yet to take a deer
What do you scout for in the spring? I don't think I realized how much of a pattern change happens between fall and spring. What is worth scouting this time of year.Check out thehuntingbeast for everything bedding related. It's a whole nother rabbit hole to go down.
If I just wanted to shoot a deer, any deer I would forget about trail cameras. I would glass from the road and make observation sits from areas that offer a good view and I don't have to bust any brush to get to. Early season I tend focus on bean fields and include corn after harvest. If yout don't have ag land I'd stay on main hiking trails and focus on clear cuts and crp.
I think observation sits are the most effective and valuable technique available to us as saddle hunters. Not only is it a great way to scout but it's great practice for getting in and out of unfamiliar trees in the dark.
You look for last year's scrapes. You look for last year's rubs and hopefully find them in conjunction with rubs from several years, which shows long term movement patterns.What do you scout for in the spring? I don't think I realized how much of a pattern change happens between fall and spring. What is worth scouting this time of year.
What do you scout for in the spring? I don't think I realized how much of a pattern change happens between fall and spring. What is worth scouting this time of year.
I have a couple cameras that I can just about see from my house. I can't tell you how many times I've seen really nice bucks headed right for the camera location. I couldn't wait to pull the card and check out the "great" pics I was sure that I got. But then I would find out that the deer somehow avoided getting it's picture taken. I'm convinced that scenario happens a lot more than we realize.My favorite camera story happened at the end of last season. I set up a camera in early Nov in a spot that I gave up on because I had 2 guys walk under my stand (just got into my saddle this year). Couldn't hunt the last month of the season, but went to pick up the camera in late Dec after a couple days of light snowfall. As I walked to the tree I was amazed at the sign - tons of tracks, obvious feeding area, even beds. But on the opposite side of the tree from where the camera was aimed. I ended up with only 4 videos over a month of deer running after they were spooked where I might have filled the card if I had set it up on the other side. That really made me think that cameras just don't tell the whole story. I thought I had the trail picked out only to be off by 180 degrees -
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train