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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386244
07/08/15 04:49 PM
07/08/15 04:49 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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Yea I'm sure y'all have, no doubt in my mind, but where I hunt they just don't prefer them. I have 2 sanctuarys that I've never ever stepped foot in, literally never and one I suppose you could call a cutover and They could bed in there and some probably do but I'm not going to find out. I find other spots to kill them. Just talking deer hunting and another strategy, one of the most fun ways I've ever bow hunted and been successful on mature bucks is stalking standing corn fields. That is an awesome way to get a mature bucks. Just have to have some wind and/or rain. But again to the OP, try different strategies, it will benefit you, I think, and keep it challenging and fun.
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"Here, take this land mine and protect your property with it." -Ron Swanson
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386247
07/08/15 04:54 PM
07/08/15 04:54 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 765 Birmingham, AL
Willyb
Deer Farmer
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Deer Farmer
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 765
Birmingham, AL
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What age/age range clear cut do you all prefer to hunt?
Wish it was hunting season.....year round
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386261
07/08/15 05:07 PM
07/08/15 05:07 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,580 Clanton
Turkey_neck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,580
Clanton
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Years 2-5 are usually best then they get too thick to hunt.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: BhamFred]
#1386269
07/08/15 05:19 PM
07/08/15 05:19 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 502 se alabama
slipn
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 502
se 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. My kind of hunting. If I know a good one is using a clear cut I'm going to slip around in it until I get him up. I kill my fair share of 5 yr old plus bucks doing this. It ain't for the faint of heart, sometimes they'll get up right on top of you. I like a BAR .270, sometimes it takes a shot or two or three to catch up with him, sometimes you don't catch up. I have no doubt that I would of never killed or even seen many of these old bucks if I hadn't walked them up.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386301
07/08/15 06:18 PM
07/08/15 06:18 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,486 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,486
Guntersville
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Good spots for rut hunting too. You can catch them on the move in cut overs.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Turkey_neck]
#1386327
07/08/15 07:48 PM
07/08/15 07:48 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,734 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,734
Elmore County
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Years 2-5 are usually best then they get too thick to hunt. never to thick to hunt but the dragging them out of it can get to be hell . lol
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: slipn]
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07/08/15 07:54 PM
07/08/15 07:54 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,734 Elmore County
Frankie
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 15,734
Elmore County
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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. My kind of hunting. If I know a good one is using a clear cut I'm going to slip around in it until I get him up. I kill my fair share of 5 yr old plus bucks doing this. It ain't for the faint of heart, sometimes they'll get up right on top of you. I like a BAR .270, sometimes it takes a shot or two or three to catch up with him, sometimes you don't catch up. I have no doubt that I would of never killed or even seen many of these old bucks if I hadn't walked them up. no telling how many you did walk by .
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386546
07/09/15 06:03 AM
07/09/15 06:03 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,309 Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,309
Kennedy, al
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Nearly every clear cut around my place has a smz or "head" coming into it. Deer like to use the smzs to travel in and out of clear cuts. Really good way to bow hunt a clear cut.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: globe]
#1386626
07/09/15 07:28 AM
07/09/15 07:28 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,589 Lake View, AL
Joe4majors
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,589
Lake View, AL
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Nearly every clear cut around my place has a smz or "head" coming into it. Deer like to use the smzs to travel in and out of clear cuts. Really good way to bow hunt a clear cut. I'm familiar with saddles, benches, and funnels, but what is a SMZ?
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: Joe4majors]
#1386650
07/09/15 08:06 AM
07/09/15 08:06 AM
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 863 Pike Road, AL
jdfarm23
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 863
Pike Road, AL
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Nearly every clear cut around my place has a smz or "head" coming into it. Deer like to use the smzs to travel in and out of clear cuts. Really good way to bow hunt a clear cut. I'm familiar with saddles, benches, and funnels, but what is a SMZ? Streamside Management Zone (SMZ)...basically a strip of timber containing a creek, river, or branch that is left when the timber is cut. Allows travel corridors for wildlife
Last edited by jdfarm23; 07/09/15 08:08 AM.
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Re: Hunting Large Cutovers
[Re: jdfarm23]
#1386653
07/09/15 08:11 AM
07/09/15 08:11 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,589 Lake View, AL
Joe4majors
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,589
Lake View, AL
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Nearly every clear cut around my place has a smz or "head" coming into it. Deer like to use the smzs to travel in and out of clear cuts. Really good way to bow hunt a clear cut. I'm familiar with saddles, benches, and funnels, but what is a SMZ? Streamside Management Zone (SMZ)...basically a strip of timber containing a creek, river, or branch that is left when the timber is cut. Allows travel corridors for wildlife Oh yeah, I remember that now. Thanks for the reminder!
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