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Post by bigjim on Nov 1, 2017 22:04:41 GMT -5
Hey guys what do u think? Im no expert and am always learning from this board and personal experiences. One question and i appreciate ur answers. It seems to me that during the bow season one is better off hunting in the woods. It seems to that in october and early novemebrr the deer stick more to the woods? Then during middle to late november and into december the field plots can become prime?
What are Youguys thoughts? Tonight i had a nice hunt saw prolly 5 bucks and a dozen does but was on a field edge over looking a food plot and most of the activity until very late was in the woods behind me. Any comments appreciated.
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 2, 2017 4:43:34 GMT -5
Hunting near bedding areas in morning' s and food sources in the evening's. All about the doe's now. Find the doe's and bucks won't be far.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 2, 2017 5:08:05 GMT -5
I always hunt the timber, regardless of which part of the season we are in. I've never been much of a field sitter. 99% of the fields where I hunt are hay fields, so not much use in looking out over them. I only have one property that rotates between soybeans and corn, and I'm lucky if I hunt that farm once a year, as I always feel that there are better places to be hunting.
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Post by bowonlykindofguy1 on Nov 2, 2017 14:21:42 GMT -5
I like the timber since i choose to only hunt with a bow. It doesn't do any good to see deer 100 plus yards away in a field if you have no shot and if it is an evening hunt and you spook them coming out.
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Post by majyang on Nov 2, 2017 14:38:25 GMT -5
From a public land hunter's perspective, I'd love the option to hunt a field's edge over being in the woods. From my experience, during the majority of bow season the deer's just aren't "in the woods" like they are once the crops come down. This assumes that the public track i'm hunting is within relative proximity to private ag fields. Fast forward from 1+ oct to 2+ nov and you can have the fields, i'm in the woods!
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 2, 2017 14:44:16 GMT -5
Where are the doe's?  That's where you want to be. |
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Post by 76chevy on Nov 3, 2017 6:03:10 GMT -5
I have dropped more deer in corn and bean fields than in the woods. I like to hunt about 5 to 10 yards inside the woods. Find the does and sit in the funnels or pinch points in November!
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 3, 2017 7:12:15 GMT -5
I have dropped more deer in corn and bean fields than in the woods. I like to hunt about 5 to 10 yards inside the woods. Find the does and sit in the funnels or pinch points in November! That would be an interesting stat to have if everyone kept a count - I'm guessing it would be close for me. |
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Post by treetop on Nov 3, 2017 7:57:19 GMT -5
I have dropped more deer in corn and bean fields than in the woods. I like to hunt about 5 to 10 yards inside the woods. Find the does and sit in the funnels or pinch points in November! I would be the same all my stands are on trails right at the edge but most of my life I've never had big woods to hunt either always smaller. I can say this I've kill a lot of deer sitting in a fence row cause that's all I had to hunt, when that's all the deer have to travel for cover they seem to hang tight by it most times |
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Post by swilk on Nov 3, 2017 8:08:51 GMT -5
I shot a doe out of one of my food plots last year while hunting with my dad .... that is the first deer in a loooooong time that I didnt kill in the woods. Ive not really got an idea of how many deer Ive killed ... somewhere between 100-200 .... and I think all but 5 of them were killed in the woods or CRP/WRP.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 3, 2017 8:20:42 GMT -5
I like to set up where I can see both if possible. Most of the deer I've killed have been in the woods though.
I do have one spot where I can see approx. 1/2 mile, it's always good for seeing deer even if they're not somewhere I can hunt.
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That's where you want to be. 
