I went to a spot this morning that has not been very produtive for a a couple years on big bucks, before this I had several sightings for a couple years in a row. It became a decent doe spot but really just dead overall. I went today because you guys have convinved me to avoid blowing up my goods spots on AM early season hunts. As I have written about many times, I hunt an area right outside of Atlanta with many subdivisions, pool houses etc. Well they finally eased off on a new subdivision right near me and I could not believe the change. As I was walking out this morning after seeing a big doe, I noticed a TON of droppings...literally everywhere. There was also several very large rubs all over the place. This area is a small bowl (furthest shot is 30 yards on the nose) between 3 thickets. I am now going to leave this spot alone until the PM...I cannot believe what a difference a year makes. We constantly have to adapt as hunters, but when your good spots become backyards on a yearly basis, I guess the deer do the same thing. I checked this area during turkey season and nothing pointed to this.
I just flew over ATL from that airport coming back from Longboat Key, Florida. I must say it looks crazy from an arial view. The # of subdivisions is nuts, but I definitely noticed all the woodlots and small blocks of timber with A LOT of ponds and some nice terrain. Looked like it could be subdivision hunting at its finest.
