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Post by imnatree on Oct 23, 2011 22:26:14 GMT -5
Just curious what you guys have found to be more successful while bow hunting, hunting next to a corn field or next to a bean field. Is one more productive in the morning, the other in the evening, or does that matter. Thanks for ur replies in advance.
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Post by pwoller on Oct 24, 2011 0:31:54 GMT -5
I've had my best luck when the farmer plants bean and in the evening. Too bad this year its corn.
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Post by windingwinds on Oct 24, 2011 6:23:25 GMT -5
The beans have the size advantage that you can actually see the deer in them. The deer had been ignoring them last couple weeks, but yesterday saw them in soybeans again. Someone once said they like them after the frost? Seems to be true. Corn does have the heigth that deer like to hide in.....
Hiding by the bean field this a.m, we'll see.
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Post by swilk on Oct 24, 2011 7:08:48 GMT -5
Depends.
If you have a "green" bean field while all the other bean fields are browning that is the place to be. Even more so than any corn field.
Bean fields that have begun to brown but not dried the pods seem to loose their palatability to deer and I rarely see deer using them.
Once they dry out the deer will be back.
Lots of deer in corn but when it is standing you never know they are there.
Once corn is picked a lot has to do with how new a farmers combine is .... if it leaves a lot of corn on the ground the deer pile in.
So .... which is best? It depends ......
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Post by Boilermaker on Oct 24, 2011 7:52:21 GMT -5
I've never had luck in beans...don't know why just seems to be something with the deer around here I guess. Last year a field across the fence from my stand was corn and the field I was hunting over was beans. I watched deer in that field every morning and evening until I finally quit hunting that stand (the corn field was the neighbors who won't let me hunt). This year it's the other way around!
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 24, 2011 8:00:23 GMT -5
ill take corn any day
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Post by West28 on Oct 24, 2011 8:17:25 GMT -5
Beans in the early season and Corn mid-late season.
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Post by schall53 on Oct 24, 2011 8:20:03 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 25, 2011 9:48:23 GMT -5
Depends. If you have a "green" bean field while all the other bean fields are browning that is the place to be. Even more so than any corn field. Bean fields that have begun to brown but not dried the pods seem to loose their palatability to deer and I rarely see deer using them. Once they dry out the deer will be back. Lots of deer in corn but when it is standing you never know they are there. Once corn is picked a lot has to do with how new a farmers combine is .... if it leaves a lot of corn on the ground the deer pile in. So .... which is best? It depends ...... Agreed 110%.. |
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Post by talloaks on Oct 25, 2011 11:14:35 GMT -5
Just to add another question, would you rather hunt all hardwords or have the bean and corn field edges on your property along with hardwoods. Had a scenerio come up on some property with a ton of hardwoods but no fields to hunt off of. Just curious. I like having a variety for several different scenerios. I know alot of bigger deer hang out deep in the woods but i love to sit in my treestand and watch fields. Just so much more visiblity.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2011 12:33:12 GMT -5
If deer have white oak acorns, they will eat them instead of beans and corn or bait piles. They will go back to the fields once the acorns are gone. Hardwoods without acorns are just woods, with them and you'll have deer. You can often find a tree that they zero in on. But when acorns are scarce, they will travel and browse, making hunting a bit unpredictable. The big difference is with fields, it's hard to hunt them in the morning, before the deer head to the beds, and it's often really late in the evenings. Not so with woods.
Even with acorns, beans and corn a deer will still eat 50-60% browse during a 24 hour period.
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Post by lugnutz on Oct 25, 2011 18:33:01 GMT -5
How do ya go about hunting a block of woods that is full of acorns and several white oaks, and thicker than Buckwheats hair?
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Post by tickman1961 on Oct 25, 2011 19:04:51 GMT -5
There is no magic bullet, scouting tells me deer will be in a bean field soon after harvest eating the beans the combine missed and the same goes for a corn field. Find the food they are feeding on at the time and set your stand accordingly be it corn, beans, alfalfa, acorns, etc...
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Post by dsayer on Oct 25, 2011 20:27:29 GMT -5
Depends. If you have a "green" bean field while all the other bean fields are browning that is the place to be. Even more so than any corn field. Bean fields that have begun to brown but not dried the pods seem to loose their palatability to deer and I rarely see deer using them. Once they dry out the deer will be back. Lots of deer in corn but when it is standing you never know they are there. Once corn is picked a lot has to do with how new a farmers combine is .... if it leaves a lot of corn on the ground the deer pile in. So .... which is best? It depends ...... Agreed 110%.. Interesting observations... Personally I've never had very good luck over beans, but I guess I've also paid much attention to the state of the beans. I'll keep that in mind this week, as there is a nice spot that I had kinda written off because the fields around this part of the woods is beans and there is another spot fairly close by with corn. |
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Post by dsayer on Oct 25, 2011 20:33:13 GMT -5
If deer have white oak acorns, they will eat them instead of beans and corn or bait piles. They will go back to the fields once the acorns are gone. Hardwoods without acorns are just woods, with them and you'll have deer. You can often find a tree that they zero in on. But when acorns are scarce, they will travel and browse, making hunting a bit unpredictable. The big difference is with fields, it's hard to hunt them in the morning, before the deer head to the beds, and it's often really late in the evenings. Not so with woods. Even with acorns, beans and corn a deer will still eat 50-60% browse during a 24 hour period. Still new to hunting hardwoods. How is the best way to differentiate between different varieties of oak? |
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Post by treetop on Oct 26, 2011 11:20:28 GMT -5
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 26, 2011 11:45:06 GMT -5
Corn for me.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 26, 2011 11:46:40 GMT -5
How do ya go about hunting a block of woods that is full of acorns and several white oaks, and thicker than Buckwheats hair? Hunt the mature White Oaks that are dropping the most acorns. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2011 12:27:16 GMT -5
Yes. Taste them also. If they taste bitter, go elsewhere until the sweet ones are gone.
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