Well my original plan was to go up through the corn field to the bedding area. However, this may not be feasable unless it's raining pretty good or rather windy. It's just too loud. Also, you have to be pretty close to the deer order to see where to shoot. I did a dress rehearsal tonight in the corn field by my house. Attached is a picture of the layout. The land is completely flat and the trees aren't near as thick as what it looks. Also, the only trees that could sustain a climber are on the bedding side, literally feet from the bedding area. So here are my options: 1. Sneak in as quiet as possible very early and get everything set up in the dark and give plenty of time for things to quiet down. 2. Go down between the soybean field and fence line and hope for the best. Without my climber I don't really have a home location. 3. Sit at the end of the lane, glass, and try to sneak up the lane when they bed down in one of the fields. Also, have to play the wind. Unfortunately the wind here is typically out of the west, meaning if I get in the climber in the morning, and then wind is from the west, it'll be blowing right into the bedding area. Lastly, I have a time limit. Once they cut the fields, he loses all cover and will be gone. I think I'm changing the name of this buck from "farm" buck to "pita" buck.
That wind direction is really going to hurt you if it's constantly blowing into the bedding area.. I'd say just try to get there early was you can and hope he isn't there already...
Not knowing A lot about them it looks like an evening only spot to me I think they will be out of the fields headed to bed before first light. I think I would be in there in the evening waiting for them to come to the beans.
idk about an evening spot. If you get there in the afternoon while they are still bedding and ur scent is blowing into the bedding area (im guessing the circle is the bed) then they will never come your way. I'd say get there early and catch them at first light heading from the beans to the bed. The wind will be in your favor so you'll have a better chance. Do you have any daytime(a.m.) photos from this spot? If so you should be good. As for point of entrance I would say the "corn" side but hug the tree line because their is probably a path along the field and trees that would be a little more quiet. When you try it out (whichever way you try) let us know how it worked! Good luck!
Thanks for the help guys. Still open to opinions to anyone who has been in this situation or has 2 cents to add. I guess it's going to be good old fashioned tree stand hunting. Get in early and quiet, make sure the wind isn't blowing into the bed, and just prepare for an all day hunt. I don't have long to get at him, in a matter of weeks the farmers will be in those fields, and my season doesn't start until Oct. 1st.
Chris, if it was me, number 1 the less you are in there the better. It should be treated like an ambush on the deer. If you know he is there and he is a big mature buck I would venture to say he is coming back to the same bed regularly, based on the location. Next, my path in would be that of least resistance. On that fence row I would take either the corn or the beans based on which one is quieter and how the weeds lay out along the fence row. I agree with some others that this should be a morning stand. There is no chance you will be able to get to that spot without spooking him during daylight hours. If he is indeed bedding only mere yards from the only trees that are condusive to a stand I would be hunting it in the morning. Lastly I would wait for a perfect south wind. You should be able to have at least one chance at him with a straight south wind. One chance might be all you get. I would also get into that spot very very early. If you know its a south wind the night before and the next day I would get into that stand at least 2 and half hours before first light. That will give you plenty of time to go nice and slow and not make very much noise, and you will also be there well before he should be coming back to bed. That would be my approach to the situation, good luck and I hope this helps you out.
I agree it's a morning stand. You want the wind blowing into the bedding area in the morning, because that's where they're going to be headed. In the afternoon it would be a bad wind, but in the morning it's the best possible wind.
Tell them they're not allowed to harvest the field until you harvest your buck. See how that goes over, haha. Good luck Chris!
I agree with getting there as early as possible, and the higher in tree you can get the better off. you may get lucky and you scent goes over thier heads/noses. good luck.
Shoot him at night with a high powered rifle and night vision scope, then stick your arrow in the whole...works evertime j/k of course! You have some great advise here. I'd go with that.
Haha, Sean I about took him with my truck the other day but I don't think the CO would believe it was an "accident". So, I went out last night and checked the cam, just couldn't take it anymore. However, I did learn quite a few things. They are coming in the mornings. There were 3 bucks in front of my cam at 7:30 am. Which leads into my plan. I am going to go put a hang on out there. I didn't want to but I'm claiming him as my target buck. So the plan from above hasn't really changed. I'm still going to get there early with plenty of settle down time... Looking forward to first time in stand here's a couple pics of him.
Hey Rush, thanks for your inquiry. Well it's hard to say. I actually took down that stand to put it in line to hunt a rub line. The hunt however was unsuccessful. The weather and farmers simply wouldn't cooperate. The farmers were in the fields surrounding the patch the last couple weeks. If I would have had the ability to hunt there every day, it would have been successful. My best friend is the family we have farm the land and he said they ran a couple does out from back there the other day. If I could sit out there every day I'm sure I could have taken something. I hunted out there a few times but saw nothing.
