I really appreciate all the advice everybody. Hopefully this piece of land will put some meat in the freezer, and if I'm lucky, some antlers on the wall. I will have to talk to the landowner to see about planting clover/food for next season. Thanks again for all the help! I will definitely keep y'all posted on how this season turns out.
Maybe up in Apex near Jordan Lake water isn't an issue, I remember a few years ago lake water levels way down because of drought. I was stationed down at Fort Bragg for 16 years, still hunt down there and just recently moved to Ohio. Its hot down there around the sandhills area and dry. No hardwoods to speak of, just wide open pine forests with little food other than native browse, you couldn't bait on base. There were a few soybean fields on base, and a few on the southern pines/ Aberdeen side just off of base. I hunted creeks and small ponds on travel corridors in route to those ag fields. Creeks even with little water in them have oaks along the edge that drop acorns. So in his case, the woods look heavy across the road ( bedding) and open along the power lines( food) put something out there that will catch their attention and slow them up a bit and he may have a shot. Ive also hunted down by the NC/SC line
Does anyone live in the structures at the bottom of the picture? Are there a lot of homes nearby with pets?
First and foremost thank you for your service. And you are right there are a few times where water was an issue. Even had bans on watering your lawn during that drought. Understand the challenges of hunting on base. Mostly Cherry Point and Lejeune though. Those times water was definitely a commodity. This year though I don't think it would be that much of a draw as we have had a decent amount of rain fall.
Ended up placing my stand where the green circle is. The brown lines are trails that I came across while scouting. Hopefully it pays off! Thank y'all for the help and advice.
Small property so finding the trails shouldn't be too much trouble. Put up a couple cameras and see if you can pattern what time and where the most heavily traveled trails are. Set up as best you can from there. I hunt a smaller piece of property too. My land owner has been there for decades and knows most of the adjacent property owners. He said if I had to track a deer onto another property, he'd come with me and talk to them before entering. I'll stand a much better chance of tracking and recovering the deer if this happens since he's at least met the other property owners a couple times. Good luck and hope it all works out!
most of my spots are small 10 acres or less that abut much larger chunks of private land that isn't supposed to be hunted.
I just got lucky.. I ask everyone for permission... I have just lucked out on getting a couple of nice pieces abutting larger pieces of private land. Noone is supposed to be in the private lands surrounding, but I have heard shots, etc. It's just limited which is nice.
