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Teach me how to choose the perfect place to put my bow stand.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:21 am
Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:21 am
A bunch of you have talked about putting your stands in old growth oak thickets, or in the dense woods.
I understand the security deer feel there and the availablity of acorns assuming they are falling and why these are good spots. However, I usually find myself placing my stands on the edges of openings either large or small near the entrance or exit of a game trail.
I guess the biggest question is how do you pic a spot/tree inside of 100 to 200 square yards of mature oaks?
FWIW I will likely put my stands near the water holes for bow season this year considering the drought here.
I understand the security deer feel there and the availablity of acorns assuming they are falling and why these are good spots. However, I usually find myself placing my stands on the edges of openings either large or small near the entrance or exit of a game trail.
I guess the biggest question is how do you pic a spot/tree inside of 100 to 200 square yards of mature oaks?
FWIW I will likely put my stands near the water holes for bow season this year considering the drought here.
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Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:24 am to Bleeding purple
Sounds to me like you have the knowledge.
My suggestion is to be flexible.
if you are hunting a stand and you are constantly seeing deer at 55 yards coming out of the same trail, move your arse to that spot.
Isee it often people try to pick a "pretty " spot and draw them in with corn / rice bran etc
My suggestion is to be flexible.
if you are hunting a stand and you are constantly seeing deer at 55 yards coming out of the same trail, move your arse to that spot.
Isee it often people try to pick a "pretty " spot and draw them in with corn / rice bran etc
Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:24 am to Bleeding purple
Big woods are tough. If you don't have a hot tree, you need a funnel. In mature oaks, I look for foot traffic, then play the wind. I mostly hunt palmetto woods, and while deer don't mind them, they will travel dim trails when possible.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:34 am to Bleeding purple
It's tough to pick the right tree for bow hunting. Sometimes it's impossible to pick the right tree you just have to hunt the area and then move the stand once you see where the majority of the deer are traveling. It worked out for me last year in Illinois. I went into an area blind and hunted the same tree for 3 days, watched where all of the deer were going and moved my stand, killed a nice 8 point on my second hunt.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 11:43 am to Rebman601
Where you hunt depends on what the wind is doing that day, and how the deer enter the oak flat. Frequently you have to waste a hunt or two just to figure that out, then find the best tree after watching.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 12:34 pm to Mung
Ok, devils advocate question on the wind.
Unless you are hunting against a hard border like a major road, a game fence, a large open pasture, ect. where the deer will not be coming from, how do you play the wind? In the woods with lots of acorns and deep thickets in every direction, I cant seem to define a movement pattern to or from a bedding areas or food sources. Thye come and go from every direction.
Unless you are hunting against a hard border like a major road, a game fence, a large open pasture, ect. where the deer will not be coming from, how do you play the wind? In the woods with lots of acorns and deep thickets in every direction, I cant seem to define a movement pattern to or from a bedding areas or food sources. Thye come and go from every direction.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 12:38 pm to Bleeding purple
This is why you pick a good area with good foot traffic and you set up multiple blinds...one that allows for the prodominant wind in the fall and another set up for when fronts come in and the wind is out of the north. And unless chasing big mature bucks follow the wind and they will com into that area from far down wind. Younger deer will not be as smart...so that is why you will see deer coming from all over the place. The biggest oldest deer bucks and does alike will follow the wind.
This post was edited on 6/24/11 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 6/24/11 at 1:02 pm to TexasTiger
I look for funnels, creek crossings, or food sources and naturally set up for the wind. I think alot of people over think it.
Posted on 6/24/11 at 1:07 pm to Bleeding purple
I put my stand in the middle of an oak cluster. Look for foot traffic, and if you know where deer last year were hooking/making scrapes then go back in that direction. I had an 8pt hook the tree I had my stand on last year(fricking 20' spread that I never saw...).
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