Fence row stand entrance question.
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Fence row stand entrance question.
I have a couple spots with poor access points. I have a very heavily traveled north/south running fence row I would like to hunt. It is the west property boundary. This fence row connects two of the largest blocks of timber around and gets used daily by both bucks and does, especially when there in corn in the field on both sides of it (a few years ago I got like 300 trail camera photos over a week, in september). I can access the fence row from the SW corner of the property and walk to the north, but I will be leaving ground scent the whole way, cutting off half of the fence row essentially (assuming I stopped half way up it.) Day light movement is more likely to come from the north end. I am kicking around the idea of accessing the property from the east and walking straight west, thru standing corn to the fence row with an east wind. Once set up I would be facing the direction I walked in from but would have my "scent cone" blowing the same direction, minimizing my impact. Does anybody have any experience with this type of setup or any better ideas. I do not have access from the west field, it's a no hunting property. The property in question is the square centered in the photo. I have had luck with this in the past, where I walked straight in and straight out, but it's obviously not ideal.
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I would access through the corn from the east with a westwardly wind
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Is corn on both sides of the fence
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There is corn on both sides this year.
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Redman232 wrote:There is corn on both sides this year.
That is going to be a hot travel corridor
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Why not hunt fencerow at sw corner where it meets the thick stuff? Why are you going up north in fence row-is there an advantage? Where are the deer coming from/going to? Where did you get the 300 trail cam pics? Try to answer these questions. It may provide clues to location. I'd start at south end and work to the north as you see things unfold.
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Re: Fence row stand entrance question.
No question... Even if your expecting deer to come from the north, less scent along there travel area is better. I often set up like this, and I cross the deer trail where I can shoot too.
Some deer cross and ignore your scent, some seem to ignore but become nocturnal after hitting it following days, and some totally freak out... Each one is different, but regardless, best thing is that you cross perp.
Some deer cross and ignore your scent, some seem to ignore but become nocturnal after hitting it following days, and some totally freak out... Each one is different, but regardless, best thing is that you cross perp.
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I hunt some areas similar to this. This is how I would hunt this fence line. Red would be the approach and black is the wind direction.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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"Why not hunt fencerow at sw corner where it meets the thick stuff?" I prepped a tree right in that corner while shed hunting this spring, that is the easiest and best access to the fence row, as I can walk across a manicured lawn, thru the east/west running creek and up a small bank right to the tree (very low impact). I guess I was just asking in case I figured out I needed to be further up the fence row to the north. The trail camera pictures were from the NW corner of the property. What this photo doesn't show is two subtle low spots on the north half of the fence on the east side. These low spots are preferred fence crossing locations, and seem to be preferred feeding spots for the mature deer that utilize the property. I rarely hunt this property because after the corn comes off the big boys are pretty much gone during daylight, but there are a lot of deer that pass thru and there is very little hunting pressure to the north and south, so I figured with corn being rotated in this year I give it a better look.
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Redman232 wrote:"Why not hunt fencerow at sw corner where it meets the thick stuff?" I prepped a tree right in that corner while shed hunting this spring, that is the easiest and best access to the fence row, as I can walk across a manicured lawn, thru the east/west running creek and up a small bank right to the tree (very low impact). I guess I was just asking in case I figured out I needed to be further up the fence row to the north. The trail camera pictures were from the NW corner of the property. What this photo doesn't show is two subtle low spots on the north half of the fence on the east side. These low spots are preferred fence crossing locations, and seem to be preferred feeding spots for the mature deer that utilize the property. I rarely hunt this property because after the corn comes off the big boys are pretty much gone during daylight, but there are a lot of deer that pass thru and there is very little hunting pressure to the north and south, so I figured with corn being rotated in this year I give it a better look.
I thought you couldn't hunt the east property? I would set up in the middle of the fence line. in the NE corner of your property and the SE corner of your property. I indicated wind directions for those set ups. The main thing is not walk in the corridor. That is why I would approach from the corn.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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Stanley, sorry I should have taken the time to draw on my photo, I have permission on the larger field, the smaller field to the west and the woods beyond to the west is no access/hunting. Thanks for all the replies guys, it sounds to me like what I was thinking is what you all are thinking too, I'll have more confidence in my setup now. I'm pretty confident if I can get back there in early season I can get a crack at a good one.
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Any buck bedding in that set of islands in the middle?
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There will be this year with the corn, the north end of the island is the highest point and always has a buck bedded there when there is corn. When there is beans, it's worthless. I had a close encounter with a pretty good 10 pointer there 2 years ago, on a morning hunt. I think I posted the story here. It was my first try at hunting over a bed in the morning. He came in, laid down and left without offering me a shot. I was too far away from the bed. The corn is just poking thru on that farm right now, so I would guess by the beginning of July there will be a buck using it. I found a decent shed in the island to the east in April, so there is at least one pretty good deer using the property.Milk Weed Seed wrote:Any buck bedding in that set of islands in the middle?
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Walk through the corn. It SUCKS but its worth it! Get a camera out and make sure your target buck is still there. Pattern him from how he approaches the camera on wind directions and then you'll know where he's bedding. I've done this A LOT where I live and you usually are only 10' or less off the ground in the fencerow. You want to stay just above the cover of the undergrowth but not high enough to be silhouetted since fencerows are narrow and light passes through easily.
Here's the biggest fencerow buck I've had the opportunity to arrow. Reason I show this pic is so you can picture the fencerow the camera is in and how he travels. Depending on time or day of the picture and how he approaches will tell you how to setup on him.
Here's the biggest fencerow buck I've had the opportunity to arrow. Reason I show this pic is so you can picture the fencerow the camera is in and how he travels. Depending on time or day of the picture and how he approaches will tell you how to setup on him.
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RUTIN wrote:Walk through the corn. It SUCKS but its worth it! Get a camera out and make sure your target buck is still there. Pattern him from how he approaches the camera on wind directions and then you'll know where he's bedding. I've done this A LOT where I live and you usually are only 10' or less off the ground in the fencerow. You want to stay just above the cover of the undergrowth but not high enough to be silhouetted since fencerows are narrow and light passes through easily.
Here's the biggest fencerow buck I've had the opportunity to arrow. Reason I show this pic is so you can picture the fencerow the camera is in and how he travels. Depending on time or day of the picture and how he approaches will tell you how to setup on him.
Pretty picture. Wow what a great lookin buck that is
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