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Small piece of land. 30 acres.

You have to put boots on the ground at some point and not at the base of the couch. Spray yourself down, wear gloves, don't touch limbs and grass as you walk. You don't have to put your boots on every inch of 30acres. I can tell an oak tree from 50 yards away. I can tell a game trail as I cross it in one spot which way they are coming and going. If you find an area that is being well used, HUNT it. I went in blind last Monday at first light on some public hunting land. I found an oak that the leaves were torn up underneath and it was on an opening in the swamp. Set up, 2 hours later I am tracking a 6 point. Find sign and hunt it.
 
I’m genuinely curious. What answer would expect to get here? And what answer would help you in any significant way?

the obvious answers to me sound really mean or piling on. So maybe we aren’t understanding what you’re asking. Give us an example of the type of answer you expect to receive here. It might help spark something useful
 
will4554 said:
How do you folks who don’t bump deer keep your local coyotes out of there? Y’all got an in with their union?
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Coyotes are an every day part of a deers entire life cycle. They learn to avoid them, or die. Many die. The ones that dont, go about their daily activities. Human hunter interaction is not nearly the same comparison. My dog deals with me in my house every single day. Out on the property too. He doesnt bark at me menacingly. However, soon as a stranger rolls up , or a strange car, he loses his mind and wants to rip them to shreds. Soon as i tell him its ok, he is wagging his tail and trying to lick them. Deer know whats there every day safe or not.
 
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First and foremost, OP, do you have permission to track deer kn neighboring properties?

Secondly, what are the predominant winds?
 
khnc said:
You dont hunt mature deer on small property do you?
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I don't hunt any deer on any property without walking it to see if it's worth wasting my time on.

khnc said:
30 acre public land after walking thru the bedding areas? We talking does and spikes or what?
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So you can tell, from one aerial photograph with no parcel data, that the property is public land, and that it is being used as bedding, and that the deer bedding there are mature and pressured enough to completely abandon their bedding based on one intrusion?

You're obviously better at this than me, because for all I know it's private property, that deer could be bedding or feeding or travelling through or not even using. I'm not even going to guess the sex/age of whatever deer may be using the property. Heck, I don't even know what state the place is in. Or if somebody else has a stand (or seven) on it. There could be a meth lab or pot plants on the property. Or there could be a line of rubs that come up to my chest with scrapes as big as a truck hood.
 
I think we've established two schools of thought.

1. Go find the best sign, hunt it
2. Limit pressure, observe, adjust

Not necessarily mutually exclusive, depending on how you go about things.

A couple ideas (Assuming no knowledge of the property beyond this photo.):
Plan 1:
Morning, day 1. Would I access via field edges, likely not. Deer may be in those fields. There are a couple of spots where you can slip into the interior without too much disruption. Plan for that days wind, pick an appropriate access, get in early.

Midday, day 1. If you're not tagged out, and it's been slow, still hunt the property using the wind (if any) to your advantage. Really take your time, as you are looking for deer, sign, and learning the property. When finished, if not tagged out, drive the roads and see what its like in the surrounding blocks.

Evening, day 1. Put what you've learned into action.

Otherwise,

Morning day 1. Wait until daylight. Stillhunt the property as suggested. Hang and hunt if you come across something hot. Hope for that 8-9:30am action.

Midday day 1. If your not tagged out, finish still hunting the property as suggested.

Evening, day 1. Put what you've learned into action.

Or...

Morning day 1. Hunt interior
Evening day 1. Hunt/ observe fields into dusk.


Lots of different approaches.

It's a nice looking property. I like those open areas in the interior with the small finger between them. I'd consider that hourglass as a spot of interest.

But I couldn't tell you where its hot or not just from the map.

Happy hunting.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I don't hunt any deer on any property without walking it to see if it's worth wasting my time on.



So you can tell, from one aerial photograph with no parcel data, that the property is public land, and that it is being used as bedding, and that the deer bedding there are mature and pressured enough to completely abandon their bedding based on one intrusion?

You're obviously better at this than me, because for all I know it's private property, that deer could be bedding or feeding or travelling through or not even using. I'm not even going to guess the sex/age of whatever deer may be using the property. Heck, I don't even know what state the place is in. Or if somebody else has a stand (or seven) on it. There could be a meth lab or pot plants on the property. Or there could be a line of rubs that come up to my chest with scrapes as big as a truck hood.
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Just like you can tell from experience that you can't blow out thirty acres by walking through it.

Enough to give a snarky:

Nutterbuster said:
Right. Sure. Ok.
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(btw, he was referencing there-will-be-spuds' comment on public land, not saying this was public land).

I'm sure we're all passionate and excellent hunters.

It's situational and conditional, especially when it comes to a property we haven't seen.

But hey, I'm apparently struggling with Schrodingers physicist and his quantum mechanics approach. To that, I've not got much more to offer.
 
Nutterbuster said:
I don't hunt any deer on any property without walking it to see if it's worth wasting my time on.



So you can tell, from one aerial photograph with no parcel data, that the property is public land, and that it is being used as bedding, and that the deer bedding there are mature and pressured enough to completely abandon their bedding based on one intrusion?

You're obviously better at this than me, because for all I know it's private property, that deer could be bedding or feeding or travelling through or not even using. I'm not even going to guess the sex/age of whatever deer may be using the property. Heck, I don't even know what state the place is in. Or if somebody else has a stand (or seven) on it. There could be a meth lab or pot plants on the property. Or there could be a line of rubs that come up to my chest with scrapes as big as a truck hood.
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You do not know what you are talking about on that reply actually. This was for the guy that said he sees deer on public all the time. I was asking him if he was hunting 30 acres of public., and if he was seeing mature deer or not. I was pretty certain that land in this post was 30ac of private land.
 
Plebe said:
I think we've established two schools of thought.

1. Go find the best sign, hunt it
2. Limit pressure, observe, adjust

Not necessarily mutually exclusive, depending on how you go about things.

A couple ideas (Assuming no knowledge of the property beyond this photo.):
Plan 1:
Morning, day 1. Would I access via field edges, likely not. Deer may be in those fields. There are a couple of spots where you can slip into the interior without too much disruption. Plan for that days wind, pick an appropriate access, get in early.

Midday, day 1. If you're not tagged out, and it's been slow, still hunt the property using the wind (if any) to your advantage. Really take your time, as you are looking for deer, sign, and learning the property. When finished, if not tagged out, drive the roads and see what its like in the surrounding blocks.

Evening, day 1. Put what you've learned into action.

Otherwise,

Morning day 1. Wait until daylight. Stillhunt the property as suggested. Hang and hunt if you come across something hot. Hope for that 8-9:30am action.

Midday day 1. If your not tagged out, finish still hunting the property as suggested.

Evening, day 1. Put what you've learned into action.

Or...

Morning day 1. Hunt interior
Evening day 1. Hunt/ observe fields into dusk.


Lots of different approaches.

It's a nice looking property. I like those open areas in the interior with the small finger between them. I'd consider that hourglass as a spot of interest.

But I couldn't tell you where its hot or not just from the map.

Happy hunting.
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I agree 100% with this assessment .
 
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