Bucks bedding in standing corn

[mheichelbech]

What percentage of the time do you think mature bucks will bed in nearby standing corn versus the woods. Does it make much difference if it is flat ground woods or hill country woods? It seems to me they would be much more likely to bed in the corn if the nearby woods were small, urban with a lot of human activity, disturbance, etc. Does that matter much? Would they typically bed there the whole time the corn is standing?

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[stash59]

Don't know much about what the mature bucks do but the deer I've seen while stalking corn fields were usually bedded where some taller weeds growing between the rows.

[mheichelbech]

Don't know much about what the mature bucks do but the deer I've seen while stalking corn fields were usually bedded where some taller weeds growing between the rows.

That is interesting. In one corn field, there is a small, maybe 30 foot wide by 50 footing grassy area, I have wondered if they would tend to bed or hang out within this little spot since it was maybe more comfortable for them.

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[JoeRE]

I have not seen very many bucks bed right in corn...similar to like stash said typically I see bucks and all deer really bedding in grassy swales, on terraces, fence rows, islands of cover, and similar in a corn field. They do like to bed right up next to standing corn...and in my experience as soon as soon as the corn comes out they tend to retreat to bigger or heavier cover.

[stash59]

Your right. I was always told that during the October lull the deer were all in the corn. So I would stalk them midday if it was really windy. Truthfully I didn't actually see that many. But when I did they were in some weeds that they could just see over or through. This was in sand country where they irrigated so there weren't any swales.

[Tom's Hunting Lodge]

goto Youtube and check out Toad Smiths Tricks for hunting whitetail deer in the corn.

[Stanley]

I have done quite a bit of standing corn hunting. 30 years ago the rows were way wider than they are today. Corn is a good escape for deer. They are very comfortable in and around it for this reason. The grass pockets hold more bedding deer than the corn rows. If corn is next to a timber or wood lot the corridor in between is a good place to set up on.

[stash59]

Stan have you found that all the other nesissaties still apply? Like proximity to water,other food sources (they ain't just gonna eat corn). How do you go about choosing which corn fields to even bother with?

[Ridgerunner7]

I Killed a handful of big bucks that were bedded in standing corn including my biggest one. When the wood lots are full of hunters the standing corn definitely provides the only area in a high-pressure situation that has virtually no human activity. I agree though that it's usually in certain areas like tips of hedgerows, grassy swale areas, and on the down one side of the small woodlots . More so in area void of swamps and marshes that provide similar security.

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[mheichelbech]

I have done quite a bit of standing corn hunting. 30 years ago the rows were way wider than they are today. Corn is a good escape for deer. They are very comfortable in and around it for this reason. The grass pockets hold more bedding deer than the corn rows. If corn is next to a timber or wood lot the corridor in between is a good place to set up on.

Obviously sign would be the main tell, but you think any grassy pockets inside the corn would be a good bet? Would a ground blind be the best, stalking, or just hiding out on a chair?

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[Bucky]

My Sept buck this year was bedded in the corn or very close to it in a tree line.

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[James]

The day before Arrowbender killed his buck we got a trail cam photo of him walking into a waterway in the corn in the morning and coming out in the same spot in the evening. I think he was bedded in that grass in the corn all day. Approximately 6 yard wide waterway.

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[mheichelbech]

Does it have to be high pressure from hunters or would they get pushed in by other human pressure (hikers, kids, if an urban setting). Guess what I am asking is do they use it when available and then the woods when not maybe? What percentage of the time would they spend there? I would think most of the time except when they got tired of eating corn and wanted something else or pursuing a doe.

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[Bucky]

I'm convinced bugs in the summer will make em bed in corn

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[mheichelbech]

I'm convinced bugs in the summer will make em bed in corn

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If it gets them away from ticks and flies I could sure see that!

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