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Post by huntnandplumbn on Oct 31, 2016 6:14:05 GMT -5
The area I hunt in the northern part of the state is very flat with miles and miles of ag. fields sprinkled with wood lots. Time has proven to me that my chances of harvesting a mature deer is directly affected by the harvesting of these fields especially CORN. My vacation starts this Friday and runs thru the 14th this year. Problem is their are still tons of partially cut or completely untouched fields surrounding the ground and on the property. NOT GOOD... Hoping the farmers (that I do thank very much for what they do) have a great week and knock out as much as possible. Anyone else still dealing with this?
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Post by featherduster on Oct 31, 2016 6:16:58 GMT -5
Surrounded by corn here in Laporte county.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Oct 31, 2016 6:52:32 GMT -5
Our corn was all blown down flat by the storm we got couple weeks ago. Makes a great food plot, deer already seem to love it. Guess the farmer will turn it into insurance. Not sure the combine can even pick it up.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Oct 31, 2016 7:43:38 GMT -5
Surrounded by corn here in Laporte county. How has that affected your season compared to seasons past? |
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Post by butlerj on Oct 31, 2016 8:09:03 GMT -5
Where's that muzzleloader? Anyone in Putnam know if they are harvesting yet?
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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 31, 2016 8:23:04 GMT -5
Hundreds of acres still at my main farm i like to hunt. Im not liking it one bit. Hope they atleast start on it soon.
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Post by featherduster on Oct 31, 2016 8:26:57 GMT -5
Surrounded by corn here in Laporte county. How has that affected your season compared to seasons past? I am not hunting as of yet so it doesn't effect me yet however in the past depending on which side of my property the corn is standing if effects the travel of the deer. When the corn is all gone around me then they will move along the edges of the tree lines which is better for me. |
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Post by tynimiller on Oct 31, 2016 9:23:44 GMT -5
Corn fields still standing is just a HUGE piece to the puzzle and can be a great assistance in hunting them. Sure it controls their movements more and limits their necessary travel but you have TONS of food for the does and you know they'll be there. Treat the fields as bedding/food security spot and hunt travel corridors connecting them to others and/or other bedding areas.
Not a bad thing at all...unless you expect to hunt the exact same way and same stands as when it is cut.
Good luck!
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Post by bill9068 on Oct 31, 2016 10:02:04 GMT -5
Usually the farmer next to me leaves his corn in till Christmas, dont know why. I asked his brother why and he said its always the last field he gets picked. This year it was the first.
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Post by steiny on Oct 31, 2016 11:06:30 GMT -5
A large standing corn field can be a magnet of security cover when there isn't much other cover around, the guns start popping and there is a hunter in every woodlot. Hunt the downwind edge.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 1, 2016 6:17:30 GMT -5
Corn fields still standing is just a HUGE piece to the puzzle and can be a great assistance in hunting them. Sure it controls their movements more and limits their necessary travel but you have TONS of food for the does and you know they'll be there. Treat the fields as bedding/food security spot and hunt travel corridors connecting them to others and/or other bedding areas. Not a bad thing at all...unless you expect to hunt the exact same way and same stands as when it is cut. Good luck! I do agree that a cornfield can be a deer magnet that does offer security cover and food. However I believe the size of these fields Will provide everything that Deer need so they don't have to leave for the most part. |
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Post by tynimiller on Nov 1, 2016 7:13:59 GMT -5
Corn fields still standing is just a HUGE piece to the puzzle and can be a great assistance in hunting them. Sure it controls their movements more and limits their necessary travel but you have TONS of food for the does and you know they'll be there. Treat the fields as bedding/food security spot and hunt travel corridors connecting them to others and/or other bedding areas. Not a bad thing at all...unless you expect to hunt the exact same way and same stands as when it is cut. Good luck! I do agree that a cornfield can be a deer magnet that does offer security cover and food. However I believe the size of these fields Will provide everything that Deer need so they don't have to leave for the most part. Corn fields rarely provide water, nor do they provide their desire to communicate, the edges do that. Yes corn fields can swallow deer up, shoot I've watched 12 deer walk into an acre corn field in the morning and not leave it till the evening...the size of it doesn't always play as big of a factor as people think. |
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 7, 2016 16:26:27 GMT -5
I now know why the corn is still here. The farmer has the same size combine I picked up for my 4 yr. old daughter last week from tractor supply. Hope the bigger version shows up soon... 🚜👧
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Post by vikings on Nov 7, 2016 18:05:59 GMT -5
All corn still standing around me around 300 acres i suppose. late every year here.
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Post by ms660 on Nov 7, 2016 21:34:01 GMT -5
All the corn, beans have been harvested and pretty well all the fields have been worked up in my area
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Nov 7, 2016 22:06:01 GMT -5
All the corn, beans have been harvested and pretty well all the fields have been worked up in my area You are a lucky man... Now it looks like more rain possible tomorrow. Not good. My terrible vacation hunting the "rut" continues..... duh duh duh🙀 |
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Post by ms660 on Nov 8, 2016 9:53:50 GMT -5
I hate to see the farmers plowing their harvested fields. Seem after they work the fields deer no longer use them at all. If they leave them there is still a food source little as it may be, but deer still use them especially in the late season.
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Post by jimstc on Nov 10, 2016 17:54:03 GMT -5
Here in North Central Hamilton county 95% of the crops are in. Still I am getting no bucks on my cameras and only small does. I didn't harvest the beans in my back field and they are getting eaten clean. Sprayed for weeds by CPS. They must have used water. Way too many weeds. So there they stand. Squirrels, deer, whatever must be enjoying them as they are becoming bean stalks. Maybe ghosts... LOL
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