Trouble in the woods

I'm having a hard time finding where all the bucks are traveling. I've been out in my stand about 10 times this year, only seen deer two days, not much travel at all. I'm not sure if I need to move, and if its a good idea to scout around for a new spot? I dont have any cornfields or soybean fields close to my property. Im currently hunting around acorn trees. I was also wondering do I need to change the times I hunt, I currently hunt 30 mintues before daylight until about 10am, and if i hunt evening about 430-730. Some people told me to hunt from 10-2?

 

Set up a trailcam and find out where they're at and when.

 

ya definitely get a couple trail cams they do all the scouting for you and you are hunting at the right times maybe use some scent control

 

I have one camera set next to a brushy field leading to an apple orchard, very little activity there, but its early am, 2am-5am then nothing.....Every morning I hunt driving to my spot, there are deer crossing the main road, and heading down the oil well road I hunt on....I just see no activity after daylight. I have a climber stand I use, was thinking about moving to a different place on the property just not sure where to look or move to

 

Move your cam around a bit. I've noticed at least here, it's still mostly all nocturnal activity.

 

Which ever way the deer are headed on the trailcam, move it in that direction. Until you are getting pics of them at 6 or 7. May take a while to do but it will help alot. I'd move it 50-100 yds down the trail. If you stop getting pics then look for where they are turning off that trail and stick it on the entrance of it. Then so on..

 

I put this on a post of yours a week or so ago...I stand by it:

"A simple move that might pay off is to move your stand uphill. Move it uphill until the land kind of flattens out near the top. Now if you can combine that elevation change with say, some edgeline habitat(pine trees edged up again hardwoods or a thicket) then your chances of seeing deer are that much better."

"I would sit on the side of the pines that transitions into the regular hard woods the next sit. Then I would move up that hill those last 50 yards and would face my stand downhill on the next hunt . After that, I would move my stand to the other side of the pines that goes into the cattails and grass. I would rotate my stand every single hunt unless it was the rut and I knew bucks/and or deer were moving hard through one small section of that property. "

 

Its too early in the season. Set up a couple of cameras.

 

If you have sat 10 times in the same stand, it is long burned out. The deer are on to your set up and will avoid it. If you are after a buck, I would suggest backing off your hunting till the pre rut starts to get them moving again.

 

I have a camera and a ground blind set up along an apple orchard, and the activity I was seeing was all nocturnal as well. Acorns are dropping from trees on the neighboring properties, but I have all maples. Im playing the wind and setting up new stands as I go. Eventually they will come back to your area during daylight. Dont burn it out in the meantime though.

 

Yeah , watch over hunting one stand too early .

 

im also hunting acorns im trying to take a doe but all ive seen are small bucks 6 yesterday and 1 nice one today they are out real early and come out real late so dawn and dusk are whats cookin over here

 

Awesome advice Shadow!!!