Atlas my friend,,,I dont think people are saying its thats condensed so much that they know the exact places that are holding (Doe's for instance), but more a larger area that They have seen Does comming and going from ( usually thick areas or ridges but not condenced down to a small living room bedding area) for example, they have hunted these areas long enough, and from trial and error was able to condence stand locations to better there odds of connecting. We all know there is no perfect scenero when it comes to hunting Whitetails, we just hunt, see what is working, what not, and adjust. I have spots that I connect on Does every year but its not just go in and kill one that follows a string. I might hunt that stand and the Deer will browes just out of range or 100 yards out, but for the most, my stands are centered where I have seen Deer walk by the most, and thats what I/we work with. Some of my Doe bedding areas that I refer to might be 50 acres of nasty ground that they come from in general and I have set up where my odds are the best for the terrain, wind or time of the season. Was glad to see you connect on some venison this season bud, keep it real orange peel Crick
The areas I hunt hold more timber (i.e. bedding) and fewer food sources. The bedding areas are scattered and numerous but close enough that if you try to focus on one you run the risk of blowing the buck out if he is laying in another. Since there are fewer food sources it's easier to hunt off the bedding areas and get to where the trails from bedding are pinched down by structure or topography. I don't necessarily hunt on the food source because then you end up blowing the food source out on your way out or the deer you are hunting aren't getting there until after shooting hours. So, it becomes a balance of getting back off the food to where the trails come together, but not getting so close to the bedding that you either hunt the wrong area or get busted going in.
With all the leaves gone it is so tuff to get to a stand without the deer seeing your movement threw the tree's and blowing out of the area on my ground,it's hilly and the deer can watch everything that goes on from the hill sides. All i can do is hunt the edge of the thickets and hope deer will venture out to go eat something. I curse my farmer's new combine for being so efficient it's like a big vacuum cleaner.
