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Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by turkish621, Sep 10, 2016.

  1. turkish621

    turkish621 Weekend Warrior

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    Each year I try to learn more and more about terrain features, names, how to hunt them, how to pick them out from a map. Please point out what features you see in this map, and based off of that, any interesting features. Such as: where you think bucks would be bedding, good stand locations, funnels where bucks may cruise etc. Thanks in advance.

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    purebowhunting Die Hard Bowhunter

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    These are some features I'd key in on, the red would be where I'd expect bedding, blue are a few setups and wind direction. The hillsides should have trails and sign right where the hill breaks, that's the elevation to expect buck movement.
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    [​IMG] This is my interpretation. The black is bedding blue is travel route and green stand locations. The terrain looks to create a natural funnel and the curved ends make for good bedding. With what looks like a crop to the right it shouldn't be hard to find deer. The land doesn't have large enough elevation to make a bigdifference on how they move like a ridge would.

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    thanks guys, you gave me some good info to think about
     
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    Is there a website that you got that map from? I want one for my land
     
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    turkish621 Weekend Warrior

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    Minnesota did a complete lidar map for the whole state, the data is free. Not sure if your state had the same thing or not
     

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