Tips and tricks. What has worked and what hasn't. Do's and Don’ts. Pictures and sketches are encouraged! I really want to try and figure 8. I’ve done the baseball diamond thing and it was “ok”.
The best plot shape I have is long and narrow with timber on three sides. Its about 40 yrds long and 15 yrds wide. The Does love it because they have the security of timber on three sides and the fourth side is just a long grass alley way. I have two other plots in L shapes.
I have a sweet spot I plant that just gets flooded with does every year. It's where an old power line use to run and it has timber on both sides, it's only about 30 yards wide, but the deer love it. It's produced more presence than my other plots. I have a plot on the edge of some hardwood and a field, and while I've seen and killed deer in that area, it's not even close to the amount of animals I've seen in that old power line run. I have one picture somewhere with 10-15 does on the field, just munching away. There also is a water source about 40 yards from the area as well, so I'm sure that helps.
I discussed some of this in a old post to Monsterraxx here: Create The Ultimate Kill Plot | Blog | Monster Raxx I love long winding plots too...the problem is sunlight...just be conscious of it and try to stretch them south to north to capitalize on sun exposure or keep the canopy to the southern side minimal in height but thick understory to encourage the best sunlight to be cast on the plot.
Small horse shoe kill plot is my favorite. Place a stand in the "U" and you can kill them where ever they are at in the plot!
I've always wanted to try the wheel hub, or rim technique. I've heard it described different with different names. My small cereal grain plot has an "island" in the middle. It's just a giant black oak with a bunch of brush around it that thickens up the middle. Makes the plot seem smaller than it really is. Next year I am wanting to clean out a small secluded plot and then make a plot runway out to a large ag field. All of this is surrounded by small trees, tall grasses, and thorn thickets. Perfect spot for a ground blind ambush along the runway.
