Just wanted to get some opinions on different hunting grounds. I am from Louisiana and looking at trying to lease some land in Kansas or Missouri and want to know if the deer quality is better on land that has crop rotations corn and soy bean, or regular pasture land that raise cattle. I would also make sure it had some type of hardwood trees also for good stand location. I have been hunting southern LA and MS and have never had the chance to hunt property like I have described. All the property that I have hunted for for many years has been cutover and piney woods with a moisture of hardwoods and it seems hard to pattern deer and find out where they bed and feed. So just wanted to know what type y'all hunt and what kind of success Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yep. I would never lease land that has a grazing clause in it. I don't care if the are going to pull the cows by Nov. or not!
You guys are hard on cows ha. Seeing as the farm I hunt is both I will saw the ground that is strictly pasture doesn't hold many deer but one the cows are moved off around Oct-Nov deer do move in. Another thing that helps is my buddy that owns ground has a lot of clover and rye in the ground throughout the fall and winter months that provide a food source when the crops are harvested and ground is worked. I would think either a good balence of both or more towards crop land would be best bet if thats all thats available. I wouldn't mess with it much if it was mostly pasture. It can work though if you have some decent timber and crop fields surrounding. That's just the experience I've had on ground I hunt though.
This is an areal view of the property timber is mostly hardwoods and the cattle are free range on one piece of property and fenced to pasture on the other and no crop land anywhere around this piece is. Property is in MO with no antler restriction Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Counter-Point: I shot this non-typical Mule Deer on an Alberta cattle ranch in 2012 with cows only 100 yards away. Counter Point: This 10 point on a Texas Lease in 2010 and four does all with cows less 200 yards away Counter-Point: A doe this year (in Arkansas) cows only 40 yards away Counter-Point: Experience has taught me that cow manure is an excellent cover scent
You do have real life examples... But I bet 9 times out of 10 AG land will be better than pasture. I guess it all depends on the specific piece of property though.
