There is a grass meadow mowed by the town, adjacent to Highway 101 (Greeley Highway)
In the past I have spotted a doe family group feeding in the meadow at dawn (on my trailcam). Today I pushed past the treeline separating the meadow from the marsh. The marsh is waist-high clumps of grasses, with a few maple trees. Perimeter is surrounded by dense honeysuckle and bittersweet cover. The blue creek is the southeast border of the marsh. There are heavy trails and beat-down beds in the marsh. Nothing used recently as there was still frost on all the bed substrates. No droppings that I could find. I did find droppings in the white pine area southwest of the marsh, and evidence of deer feeding on mushrooms.
Do you think this bedding area in the marsh is a good area to hunt? I plotted the windrose from the nearest airport so if I setup on the meadow/marsh treeline, my scent would be blowing into the marsh. I make so much damn noise coming in and setting up, I have serious doubts about my ability to sneak end-around through the woods without giving my presence away. Would you expect deer to use this as a daytime bedding area? Should I setup in early afternoon on the southeast edge of the marsh and hope to intercept a deer coming back to bed at sunset?
