Where I hunt I have a lot of old rock walls marking old property lines I have found that I can funnel deer through openings in the walls and stop them from going through certain ones by building up the wall. Does any body else do things like this?
I mow parts of my pasture and trim the trees up to discourage a travel path to the food plot and leave brush and hinge cut in other areas.
I put Giorgio Armani in my Tink's Scrape Dripper year round and during hunting season I am able to hunt in my office attire.
Cut shooting lanes is about all I do, I am, however, hunting other people's property and do not want to anger the owner. Where in CT are you? I grew up in Franklin until I left for the Army in 2001, graduated from Norwich Tech.
I have been known to drop a tree down over a trail I would prefer the deer not to use and clean up some trails I would like them to use. I have not gotten heavy into it though. My buddy just hinge cut a huge area, tilled paths and made bedding areas over this winter/spring. It will be interesting to see the results. The deer were already using the beds he made within just a few days.
Only trimming when needed, and food plots planted and mineral sites. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I do "cut my hunts" quite regularly. That is, I cut trails and fall trees in opportune places and deer tend to comply and will follow the prescribed cuts. Sometimes it will take a year before the trails become active but they usually will work.
I tend to set up on natural trails and pinch points if I can get them to work. However, the lack of suitable trees for stands (relatively young growth) forces me to hinge cut a little. Where I hunt the trails tend to run everywhere, so I end up leaving a lot to chance. But I usually spend 40 or so days on stand if I need it. So it's not as necessary to try to bend my luck.
That's funny, my dad lives in Ledyard on Center Groton rd. I come up about once a year, that's about all I can stand. I miss the food and that's about it. Where I grew up I was surrounded by 500+ acres of fields/woods, never hunted at all, I wish I still had that area now. Small world.
I have cut large trees down to change the way a deer travels. I have also learned that clearing a path, 3-6 feet wide, will attract some deer to follow it. Deer, in most cases, will follow the path of least resistance.
