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Bow hunting planted pines
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:34 pm
Ive been offered 400 acres to hunt for free this year. Most of it is planted pine. There are a few hard woods....a creek and a small pond. Ive never hunted planted pines. How would you set up to hunt it?
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Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:36 pm to A2J
How old are the trees, how thick? Any idea about the surounding pressure?
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:43 pm to wickowick
no pressure (so Im told)...land hasnt been hunted at all.
not sure of tree age, they are about 25 ft tall in one area and taller in another area.
ive found some tracks and droppings on a dirt road that crosses it. also found some trails through an open area in the pines. this grassy area is prob 80 ft long by 50 ft wide.
not sure of tree age, they are about 25 ft tall in one area and taller in another area.
ive found some tracks and droppings on a dirt road that crosses it. also found some trails through an open area in the pines. this grassy area is prob 80 ft long by 50 ft wide.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:44 pm to A2J
lost of goat weed between the older pines but not the younger ones
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:49 pm to A2J
In planted pines, you can really only hunt by topography. Unless it is loaded with bedding areas, they will just be walking through to get to something else. They walk the easiest way they can see to get where they are going.
25ft tall pine trees can get pretty thick unless they are thinned or burned regularly. Otherwise, yaupon will grow so thick in there you can't see 50ft when on the ground.
You seem to know where the game trails are. Try a small strip food plot on that route to stop them or pull them in. If you hunt the road, just take a rifle. You are wasting your time unless there is a hole in a fence or some reason for them to cross in one particular spot
25ft tall pine trees can get pretty thick unless they are thinned or burned regularly. Otherwise, yaupon will grow so thick in there you can't see 50ft when on the ground.
You seem to know where the game trails are. Try a small strip food plot on that route to stop them or pull them in. If you hunt the road, just take a rifle. You are wasting your time unless there is a hole in a fence or some reason for them to cross in one particular spot
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:49 pm to A2J
Go to Google Earth, look at the property around what you have to hunt. Check for fields, hardwoods, etc. Look at the big picture, see where the deer will feed, sleep, etc and then plan accordingly. Those deer will follow the edges...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:50 pm to A2J
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:54 pm to El Josey Wales
quote:Yup, a couple yards of corn will fatten them up nice and good
El Josey Wales
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:55 pm to El Josey Wales
That is a good one Josey. 
Posted on 8/24/12 at 2:59 pm to wickowick
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Posted by wickowick on 8/24 at 2:49 pm to A2J Go to Google Earth, look at the property around what you have to hunt. Check for fields, hardwoods, etc. Look at the big picture, see where the deer will feed, sleep, etc and then plan accordingly. Those deer will follow the edges... Post Reply • Back to Top
Exactly this. If the adjacent properties are hardwoods the property lines are the key
ETA they're probably the key regardless. Just look at what's different and how it will make deer move
This post was edited on 8/24/12 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:00 pm to A2J
quote:i am available to consult in your particular area...
A2J
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:02 pm to El Josey Wales
That's the damn truth. I've swacked many a pine thicket nanny and 3-pt over a kern pile.Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:03 pm to El Josey Wales
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:03 pm to LSUballs
Hunt the hardwood Highway
Put some cameras out and see whats there.
Get a little plot in.
Put some cameras out and see whats there.
Get a little plot in.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:04 pm to El Josey Wales
Any ideas as to hom much corn that is?
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:07 pm to tkr1407
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Any ideas as to hom much corn that is?
nope. I googled Big Corn PilePosted on 8/24/12 at 3:08 pm to tkr1407
Saw some like this in South Dakota.... 50 ft high...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:11 pm to tkr1407
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Any ideas as to hom much corn that is?
I say two or three ears.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:12 pm to Itismemc
There's a corn mountain right down the road from my house. It's about 50' high a 500 yards long. No foolin.
Posted on 8/24/12 at 3:14 pm to El Josey Wales
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nope. I googled Big Corn Pile
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