i found what i thought was his bed this winter...he hasnt been back since the winter...i think hunting pressure and available standing corn all through the dead of winter had him bedding where i found him...y'all might remember the post and the pics...i was super pumped...but now not at all knowing he isnt using it....though i know where it is and when pressure spikes in a few weeks i know he may end up back in that bed because it is a pretty safe zone as far as hunter pressure goes..
anyways....here is a map and aerial of the area....the red dot is where my buddy has seen him a few times now...that point is covered in giant oaks and has a powerline on it..the powerline is open with giant oaks around...
green is no hunting areas...everywhere else i can probably hunt...
the 2 blue dots are 2 spots i have hunted in the passed and have seen what i believe to be the same buck...or other GOOD bucks..
the hill with a elevation of 1201 surrounded by corn USED to be my honey hole and was a big buck hang out..pines..thick edges..every kind of oak we have including chestnuts and whites which they suck up like Hoovers...it was awesome till last year a new guy moved in and put in literally like a dozen stands on that small hill and cleared 40yd shooting lanes with a brush hog...he ruined it...
anyways....any thoughts?? my buddy has seen him at the red dot on the power line a few evenings about an hour before dark...if he is bedding up there like i am figuring i really dont think i can get to him without him seeing me...which is likely why he is a biggun...he aint dumb..and with the fields below him as my only access up to that point i dont know how to get the drop on him...
i have VERY VERY limited time to hunt...like 1-4 days TOPS...
frustrating...the hunting pressure is REALLY high...most 1.5yo bucks are legal and get killed...we push deer all rifle and flintlock season and educate the heck out of them...id say the deer i hunt are probably some of the smartest deer to be found..especially the ones that live to be 3.5+ which is very very few..a 3.5yo gets the town talking still...and there is a lot of places i just simply cant hunt but hold deer...you can see my one stand is literally across a ditch from a ladys house that lets me hunt there...the deer know to live in places like that because they know its safe...
the blue dot on the edge of the corn field has always been good to me...but its hit or miss like hunting any standing corn field..i usually see a lot of deer and its fun to hunt...but killing them is another story..when i think ive pegged down where he will come from and hunt that entrance 100yds in the woods or whatever i will see em in the field and not be able to do anything about it..the next hunt same story..just 1 step ahead of me all the time...
oh....the field to the north of where the buck was spotted is pretty much impassable...i COULD get through..theres some ATV trails...but its a giant briar patch now...talk about a hiding spot...its turning into a nasty jungle as each year passes that no one brush hogs it...i can access from the driveway and the field to the south though its "buffalo grass" as i call it..not high or thick...but i just feel like he likely sits there watching that field...but maybe not...thats why im here asking what y'all think by looking at that...just looking at it and any kind of west wind puts him right there above that field with the wind to his back and eyes on the field...
