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Question about early morning field hunting

Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by bryanfichter, Sep 30, 2014.

  1. bryanfichter

    bryanfichter Weekend Warrior

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    Do deer go into the fields in the early morning or just In the evenings? I hunt a nice field at evening and always see them but was just wondering if they would he there in the morning also. Thanks
     
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    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    What kind of field, what's the surrounding terrain like, nearest bedding location?
     
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    bryanfichter Weekend Warrior

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    Just an open grass field with pretty good thicket surrounding it with a Creek basically through the middle of it. Not sure about the bedding but they could be bedded down in any of the thicket
     
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    tynimiller Legendary Woodsman

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    Doesn't sound like a food source field then...as long as the grass is tall and the thicket thick, sounds like potential bedding area...could be returned to in the mornings for sure...but no prior knowledge, aerials or know property take that with a grain of salt.
     
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    bryanfichter Weekend Warrior

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    The grass in the field Is pretty tall I'll get you a Google Earth image in a few hours
     
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    maxpetros Grizzled Veteran

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    This is one of our fields I hunted saturday. Just a grass field surrounded by bedding like yours. Had 9 deer in it. 5 by 7 staying till 8 and then the last 4 by 12.[​IMG][​IMG]
     
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    bryanfichter Weekend Warrior

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    That's what I was basically wondering if deer use fields in the am also. I mean there's a lot of woods around this field it's it's a field in the middle of nowhere basically
     
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    maxpetros Grizzled Veteran

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    They definitely will. Sorry the pics won't load. I'll try again later. But it's literally a grass field surrounded by thickets and a hedgerow on one side.


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    bryanfichter Weekend Warrior

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    They loaded on my end.. on my lunch break I'll get you a Google Earth image of the field
     
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    Okay good.


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    englum_06 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    There's never an exact rule to follow. I've kicked deer out of timber in the dark of a morning while trying to access a bedding area stand when they should in theory be in the fields feeding. I've shot deer in the middle of the morning on a field edge when they are supposedly bedded down. I've seen deer bed down in open bean fields in the morning and stay there the biggest part of the morning as well.
     
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    [​IMG] here's the field the blue is the creek that runs through it and also you can see the railroad tracks in the picture. It don't look to big in the pic but it's actually 2 or 3 fields conjoined.
     

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