Last year I found a good spot on public land that had lots of action during the rut. Do these spots usually remain good year after year? My particular spot is on a travel route near fields and bedding areas...
Those types of areas on private land I find usually remain good for years providing the surrounding areas remain relatively the same (bedding, water, and food areas). The main and sometimes slight differences created by crop rotation is the biggest factor I try to calculate in to the equation. Keeping up with these differences and planning for them in your hunt will help make you a more successful. On public land however the greatest contributing factor is almost always going to be hunting pressure... my suggestion is hunt as deep as possible and if you are lucky enough to find a place like that... don't tell anyone about it. If you share your great fortune with others they most certainly will also share it and then your little honey hole becomes just a hole void of all it's honey. Public land hunting is hard enough without shooting yourself in the foot.
In big woods country hot rutting area,s can change yearly, Mostly based on feed, are there acorns this year ? If not then ridge area,s will be like a desert--if yes than watch oak ridge areas and funnels. Hot does can be anywhere.
If the doe bedding remains constant, then so will the rut action. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
This spot I am talking about is a few hundred yds from a ton of bedding that seems to be constant. Am I right in assuming that does come out of their bedding areas when they are in estrus?
