Specifics about cover

[TNstalker]

So I've been looking at all types of thick cover for bedding Got some cams out see what happens. But my questions to y'all is do you see ur oldest bucks in cover much taller than there head an that would make it harder for them to move around? Or lower cover that's dense an hides them well when they lay down?

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[Ol'DanBoone]

Taller cover. I'd imagine, it has more to do with how remote and secluded the area is though.

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[mauser06]

Depends largely on the habitat...


A buck in a marsh typically can't see but a few feet till later in the fall...


A buck in the hills on a point might be able to see a very long ways..lots of beds I've located in hill country there's not much cover at all...maybe a log or tree top to their back...I have one bed on the edge of big pines...


I have beds in farmland in briar patches that they can't see a foot or 2 from...



Typically i find doe bedding IN thicker stuff...

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[Stanley]

Great question. Tall cover is better than shorter cover. Bucks like to be Ghosts; invisible.

[TNstalker]

See my thoughts are the once u reach a certain height it's hard for them to move be around in bc of there rack get caught up in the cover an make noise. When I say tall I'm taking 6ft plus nasty as . Was walking through some yesterday ten foot tall thinking why would a buck with a big rack be in here?!! Yeah it's thick but he is gonna make a lot of noise or get hung on everything.

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[tgreeno]

You would be amazed at how fast big bucks can run thru thick/tall cover. I've found doe's bedded in shorter chest high cover, but usually not bucks.

[mheichelbech]

I really like thick briars and tall weeds 5 to 20 feet high. As noted, amazing what bucks can move through with their racks. I seem to see more big bucks in that kind of thick cover....almost like a CRP type stuff but in and close to woods. This creates a transition that they like as well. However, it may be I see more there because that is what I hunt the most.

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[TNstalker]

That's one problem with hunting in the south we have plenty of crp an logging so cover is plentiful. Makes me think about cover differently. Not just unpressured cover but what makes one thicker different from the next.

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[UofLbowhunter]

The thicker the taller the better!!

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[TNstalker]

Here is what I think tall is fine. But how easily can he move around during the day if he wants to where he is bedded. Not escaping the cover so much as how easliy does it allow the buck to move around feed a stretch. I think there is a difference in cover from place to place. Whether it's high pressure with low cover or low pressure with lots of cover.

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[hunter10]

Any thick creek bottom, crp and Briar thickets excite me

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