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Joined: Nov 2010
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Am I the only one that plays the roulette game of which stand to hunt? No matter where I sit this time of year I always fell like the deer are setting up camp around one of my other stand sites. So need help hunt hardwoods or a field trying to catch them heading for/from thicket? You make the call and I will update results. Thanks in advance
Last edited by droptinz; 12/01/11 09:15 PM.
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Avoid the fields and head to the oak trees. At least in Central Alabama - the acorns are dropping and THAT is where the deer are.
If you have a 2-3 year old clear-cut - hunt that and watch for bedding activity.
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
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12 point
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Gonna be a hard freeze again tonight in North Bama stay off the fields. I've never seen deer on a field until the frost begins to melt off. Head for the hardwoods.
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spike
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I haven't seen the first deer this year in the hardwoods. Watching scrapes and more scrapes over millons of acrons, and haven't seen the first deer.
Now I can't even tell you how many deer I have seen sitting plots. If I had to guess I would say 15+ and that's just since gun season started and I only hunted it four times. Killed one big 8 there.
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10 point
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Have you tried the ouji board technique? Try oak trees with acorns close to thick cover.
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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12 point
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Easy solution...take down all your stands except one. That way the decision is easy to make! ;-)
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spike
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Well I had to take a side and chose the field edge. Had a small spike come cruising through about 6:05 and then between 6:30 and 7:30 had 5 does cross the field heading to a thicket then all activity was over. Is anyone seeing any chasing going on in North AL.
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