I'm lucky enough to have a friend who is more like a brother with over 200 acres of land in which we both really enjoy to hunt. The terrain is a valley with them owning the majority of the western bluff and valley bottom, with the eastern bluff being the property cut off. Some really nice white-tails have been harvested including the county record typical, an 180 inch 10 point with a 7 inch drop tine on the left side. Before we would just hand cameras and the stand seeming to have the most action would be the ones we would hunt, but over the last couple of years I've become almost obsessed with hunting stands based on the right wind, and using the to food from bedding In the afternoon and from food to bedding in the morning concept. I've also learned to use google maps and I found an awesome looking pinch between two bedding areas nobody ever goes in to. What I plan on doing is taking a climber once the rut begins and finding a tree in the pinch to do an all day sit trying to catch a couple of nice bucks we have on trail cam cruising the down wind side of the bedding looking for does. However I've never step foot over there and have no idea if there is a tree to climb or not. Should I risk pushing deer on an afternoon hunt sometime soon in order to find the perfect tree in the pinch or wait until I get a perfect wind, get to the pinch an hour or two before day light and hope in the dark I can find the perfect tree?
I think you have to take at least one walk through the area and do it soon. Satellite pics are great and so are trailcams but there no substitute for boots on the ground. It sounds like a great setup. Good luck to you. Blessings...........Pastorjim
One thing I hate the most is trying to find a 'suitable' tree in the dark. I really try to keep my light on the ground if I use one. I don't like having to shine it up a tree to see if it is a good tree. I would get out there as soon as you can and look around. Not only for a tree, but also for deer sign.
