Okay, so I'm buck-less, normally I've tagged a buck and a doe by now. I just haven't had the "one" in range yet (by the one I mean a shooter over 135), but I feel like I have a good plan. I have two tracts of land to hunt, one is 80 acres and one is 120. They butt up next to each other so it makes a full 200 acres. They both have alfalfa fields that are still green. The first field is 7 acres, the other fields are a combined 10 acres. I have 3 trail cams out on the fields on major trails leading from the bedding areas. So this leads to my real question. Is there anything you see that could help me pattern a buck and kill it before January 17? Anyone have any experience with anything like this? Any help is appreciated. Red- stand locations Yellow- known bedding areas Green - Alfalfa fields White-logging road that cuts through property
With that much food, I'd say you have at least one shooter in there hitting the Alfalfa. I'd hunt the stand That you can see most of the alfalfa fields from. Probably the stand right in the middle of the map. After a couple sits if you don't spot a shooter, I'd hunt the stand that is straight north and try to spot a shooter out of those fields. If you spot a shooter, watch what he does. If he goes by another stand hunt there, if not move a stand to that location.... Also check your cameras when hunt near one. Surely there is a shooter in there. That's a good looking piece of ground. Good luck Andrew. I hope this helps. Sent from my ALCATEL A845L using Tapatalk
I like that stand just "south" of the logging trail. If the wind is out of the south, as it looks anyways, you have bedding east and west and food to the south. You should not get busted and have easy in and out access. I think it would be a producer both morning and night. I just shot my buck yesterday morning at 9:04 between to bedding areas. Witnessed three different fights and a couple bucks rubbing trees. Could be a little secondary rut time! I am in Ohio.
