Quality vs convenience

[fishlips]

Question for you guys there. I have started to think of the spots I hunt as either convenient or quality. I suppose they are not mutually exclusive but in my case right now they are. And after looking back at my season so far, a lot of my hunts have been in the convenient category due to time constraints. My question is what % of sits do you guys spend hunting convenient spots vs quality and were you successful from either spot.

for example 80% of my hunts were what I would consider convenience hunts.

I define a spot as convenient if it's within a half hour of your home. A spot that is easy to sneak out to with limited time. I would say quality are you top 25% stands you have confidence in.

Main reason I ask was that I was not successful so far in either scenario but am trying to think of the best way to allocate my hunting time. I am starting to think I might be better off focusing more of my hunts on the quality spots at the expense of fewer sits in the woods.

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[checkerfred]

One of my convenience spots is right behind my house, so access without burning a trail is perfect. It's the backside of a doe bedding thicket. I've killed one mature buck there and several others. I know it gets cruising action. The only downside is that once the sun starts heating things up, the thermals will kill me unless there's a good steady wind. Now it may not be the best spot ever, but access is perfect so I can hunt it more. I have a good bit of other land within a mile around too. Problem is, I feel like it's mostly rut hunting land except one spot. Otherwise the bucks I believe are bedding on other people's land.

[Zap]

I have a stand and a ground hide within 80 yards of my door, they are both convenient and good spots.

Best of both worlds.

[Bucky]

100% quality... if there is in my mind not a mature buck on the property or in the vicinity I'd rather look for a spot with a quality animal then hunt a convience spot

[headgear]

I have one spot that I would consider convenient and quality, close to home, short walk, waders to cross a small creek. Everything else takes some work to get to. I do have one stand in my back yard for convenient hunts or hunts with the kids.

[justdirtyfun]

My hunts are mostly convenience type. And I find it harder to get to my quality spots. Maybe that will be what should be different next season. I think I only bed hunted 2-3 times.

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[checkerfred]

My problem is not the work getting back to a place, but finding the beds. If I knew a place for sure had a big buck bedding on it, I could walk 2 miles to hunt it.

[Stanley]

A lot depends on your physical being. If you don't have the grunt to get to the best spot then convenience is the only option. A lot of guys can't relate to this, as they don't have enough sand through the glass yet. Trust me, there will come a day when you can't haul a load of stuff 2 miles into the bush/swamp. When that day comes, you must adjust, and go from there.

[Zap]

A lot depends on your physical being. If you don't have the grunt to get to the best spot then convenience is the only option. A lot of guys can't relate to this, as they don't have enough sand through the glass yet. Trust me, there will come a day when you can't haul a load of stuff 2 miles into the bush/swamp. When that day comes, you must adjust, and go from there.

I concur.

[ajack]

Don't discount overlooked spots in your quality vs. convenience analysis. Often times overlooked spots are extremely convenient and sometimes very high quality.

I had very little time to hunt this year so the majority of my hunts were of the convenient sort in overlooked spots I just burned them out too quick. I have tons of beds mapped from scouting but just haven't had the time to make the treks to them this year. As a result I've had barely any encounters with mature bucks.

[BassBoysLLP]

I use to be 100% quality. The rules changed when I moved farther from what I consider quality. I have a large quantity of mediocre convenient close to home. I have a few quality hunts left this season for good mature bucks, but those are reserved for the weekends, holiday hunt permitting. Everything else is mediocre convenient until the season is over.

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[Zap]

Nothing like having good hunting close to home....

[Jackson Marsh]

Nothing like having good hunting close to home....

Shooting Christmas dinner nice and quiet out the back door.....I like.

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[Zap]

That's the bunch that murdered Barry.

[BassBoysLLP]

Shoot!

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