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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Remington270]
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07/08/15 08:57 AM
07/08/15 08:57 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,714
Over yonder
extreme heights hunter
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,714
Over yonder
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Yes, visualize as much ground as possible (like a tripod) and get the best binos you can afford. I agree. if you have tall timber, climb as high as you can comfortably shoot. this is my favorite type of hunting. I also add that for a morning hunt, get settled in way before first light.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: extreme heights hunter]
#1385895
07/08/15 09:15 AM
07/08/15 09:15 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,008
Colbert County
Teacher One
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,008
Colbert County
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quote=visualize as much ground as possible]. I agree. if you have tall timber, climb as high as you can comfortably shoot. this is my favorite type of hunting. I also add that for a morning hunt, get settled in way before first light. [/quote] Pretty good advice from these two. I want to add that you will need a good solid rest to shoot from because some of the deer will be a looooooooooooong way off. Good luck.
I can't stand a thief.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1385911
07/08/15 09:40 AM
07/08/15 09:40 AM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,103
McCalla, Alabama
MarkBAMA
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 5,103
McCalla, Alabama
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Sun at your back in the morning and sun at your back in the evening. Deer will light up like Christmas trees. Hunt the corners if you can and remember, the wind is your friend as long as you keep it in your face.
ROLL TIDE !!!
Enough Said....
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1385918
07/08/15 09:47 AM
07/08/15 09:47 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,184
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,184
alabama
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find a BIG tree left in the clearcut, climb high as you can, then go ten more feet. I would build a box frame in a good fork and get comfortable. Some of my stands were 40-50 feet up. Take a good rifle and a rangefinder. Wear em out.....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Teacher One]
#1385928
07/08/15 09:59 AM
07/08/15 09:59 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,615
Lake View, AL
Joe4majors
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14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,615
Lake View, AL
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I want to add that you will need a good solid rest to shoot from because some of the deer will be a looooooooooooong way off. Good luck. Thanks. Any recommendations for a solid rest? I use a lock-on style stand and this is public land so that will limit my options. I know Caldwell and others make TreePods of one design or another.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1385929
07/08/15 10:01 AM
07/08/15 10:01 AM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 10,341
coffee county
goodman_hunter
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 10,341
coffee county
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i've heard folks say that when the temp is low and theres a wind, the deer will probably bed on downwind side, my uncle would always say he liked a cold northern wind and would hunt the southside of a thicket. Folks on here have also said they like to watch the areas that catch the first rays of morning sun.
For without victory, there is no survival
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1385937
07/08/15 10:09 AM
07/08/15 10:09 AM
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Matt Brock
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Matt Brock
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I've been very successful the last couple of years getting HIGH and watching as much ground as possible. Get in early, on a COLD day, and sit as long as you can. Carry a range finder and get a rest of some kind.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1385986
07/08/15 11:02 AM
07/08/15 11:02 AM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 837
Baldwin County
walt4dun
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6 point
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 837
Baldwin County
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Should I pay much attention to certain areas based on topography? Yes, for sure. It just depends on how the cutover is laid out. Saddles, benches, SMZs/draws (and the ridges between them) can all be good spots to investigate further. I can look at an aerial and just about get you on the X I bet if you want to post one.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386044
07/08/15 12:45 PM
07/08/15 12:45 PM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,050
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Bamabucks14
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,050
Fayetteville, Tennessee
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IMHO and in my experience, which I haven't been hunting since the 60s' since I'm only 26 is that the most mature bucks do not bed in the cut overs. I have a couple ridges that are pretty high up and facing the north. The mature bucks always seem to bed at the top of the ridge or right under the top. I thinks it's because they can see all down and through the cut overs looking for predators/hunters. Get up real early one morning and find the quietest way in to a good tree with the right wind. Realllll early and try and wait for one to come to his bed. Also it's fun to go night scouting before season. This way the deer are mostly feeding some where. Find a faintly used trail and look for good beds and set up on one when season opens. This only works for morning hunts though but has def. worked for me. But there is a lot of great advice here and I wouldn't stick to just one strategy, if something like hunting right around the cutover doesn't work try what I said and others one here said. Mix it up! Man I can't wait for deer season!
"Here, take this land mine and protect your property with it."
-Ron Swanson
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386109
07/08/15 02:50 PM
07/08/15 02:50 PM
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Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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I set up on corners so I can watch two breaklines ,by that I mean edges. Look for travel lines and routes they use in and out to go to food or water. I dont use binos, often you get to see the deer a short time. you can miss your shot playing with binos.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: perchjerker]
#1386115
07/08/15 02:55 PM
07/08/15 02:55 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,714
Over yonder
extreme heights hunter
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,714
Over yonder
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I set up on corners so I can watch two breaklines ,by that I mean edges. Look for travel lines and routes they use in and out to go to food or water. I dont use binos, often you get to see the deer a short time. you can miss your shot playing with binos. To each their own but I haven't had a missed opportunity yet due to using binos. But I have killed many animals, Bucks included that I never would have seen without them. I constantly scan hill sides and areas your naked eye can't see.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Bamabucks14]
#1386126
07/08/15 03:15 PM
07/08/15 03:15 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,617
Bay Minette, AL
scrubbuck
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,617
Bay Minette, AL
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IMHO and in my experience, which I haven't been hunting since the 60s' since I'm only 26 is that the most mature bucks do not bed in the cut overs. I have a couple ridges that are pretty high up and facing the north. The mature bucks always seem to bed at the top of the ridge or right under the top. I thinks it's because they can see all down and through the cut overs looking for predators/hunters. Get up real early one morning and find the quietest way in to a good tree with the right wind. Realllll early and try and wait for one to come to his bed. Also it's fun to go night scouting before season. This way the deer are mostly feeding some where. Find a faintly used trail and look for good beds and set up on one when season opens. This only works for morning hunts though but has def. worked for me. But there is a lot of great advice here and I wouldn't stick to just one strategy, if something like hunting right around the cutover doesn't work try what I said and others one here said. Mix it up! Man I can't wait for deer season! I had access to a 4 to 5 yr old 300 acre cutover tract in Chambers County several years ago. It was rough terrain with a high rock knoll on one end and thick creek bottom cutting through the center. Elevation difference was about 200 feet. I saw more bucks in that cutover the two seasons I hunted it than any place I ever hunted. The mature bucks ALWAYS bedded just a few feet below the top of the steep knoll and could not be approached without them knowing. I ended up killing two of them by finding a spot to set up where I could pick shots into small open sagebrush areas on the east side of the hill. The deer would bed in the sage areas on cold days.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386161
07/08/15 03:51 PM
07/08/15 03:51 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,184
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,184
alabama
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bucks of any age will bed all day in any cutover that has enough cover. I've jumped and killed several over 5 year old bucks in thick cutovers, jumped from their bed.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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