Sixth sense/intuition

[nor' easter]

How do you decide where to hunt on any given day?
Is it based solely on logic and analyzing conditions such as wind, weather, moon phase, time of year, etc. Or does a gut feeling or intuition help steer you toward one stand sight or another?

[UofLbowhunter]

Learning all these beast tactics are gonna be a big factor on my sets. I think my scouting will determine witch sits i will go for first, for example i found bedding for early and late season and some rut beds. Ill start with this for the location , then pick my times to hunts with the wind That will work , then just hope other factors are available when i hunt to make it better, like moon, or fronts. But i do have to add, my gut is alway telling to go to the big buck i got on my brain.

[UofLbowhunter]

Learning all these beast tactics are gonna be a big factor on my sits. I think my scouting will determine witch sits i will go for first, for example i found bedding for early and late season and some rut beds. Ill start with this for the location , then pick my times to hunts with the wind that will work , then just hope other factors are available when i hunt to make it better, like moon, or fronts. But i do have to add, my gut is alway telling me to go to the big buck i got on my brain.

[Rich M]

Usually I'm thinking of the best stand for the wind directions but do follow my gut and have pretty good success doing that. Just make sure it is a stand you can hunt on that day due to wind.

[Kybowhunter]

Wind directions is the biggest factor. After that I go with 100% gut feeling and instinct. If I try to calculate and manufacture a hunt I end up loosing confidnece as I set there and another spot is always in the back of my mind tugging at me. My gut feelings are not always really strong. Sometimes its just a slight feeling pushing me one way or another. If I get a really strong feeling about a spot, I have seen or shot bucks on that hunt ALOT!

[tgreeno]

How do you decide where to hunt on any given day?
Is it based solely on logic and analyzing conditions such as wind, weather, moon phase, time of year, etc. Or does a gut feeling or intuition help steer you toward one stand sight or another?

Wind is the first factor. Then all of the above! I think for the more experienced beasts, historical data is definitely another big factor!

[Jonny]

The sign I find. Last year the lack of acorns really changed a lot of the areas I hunt. The sign just never showed up. Wind and weather will get me into an area, but the sign will tell me where to sit. Won't know that until I am hanging sticks. Really just going to scout with my stand and sticks on my back and bow in hand to find the best spot (what I think is best anyways)

Other than that, I am going to trust my gut. Don't have any pre-scouted spots or historical data, so mistakes will be made, and lessons will be learned.

[headgear]

I try and let logic dictate where I hunt but I have pulled the plug on plans and went with my gut a few times. Can't recall it ever working but I do recall a few times not listening to my gut and watching bucks slip by out of range because I was dumb. I've also had some strange feelings outside of hunting that can't be described as anything but a 6th sense before something happened, I suspect we have abilities beyond what we are told is possible. Far too many people I know get strange feelings and or things happen to them that can't be explained with our limited knowledge.

[dan]

I have a plan... But a lot of the time the plan gets changed in the field. I don't attribute it to "sixth sense" more like common sense. I change plans for a reason.

[Bonecrusher101]

When I decide on where I want to hunt, a few factors come into play.

1) where am I at with my season? If I've already gotten enough meat for the freezer, I usually just decide what area will give me the best chance at killing the biggest buck.

2) how much time do I have? If I have the whole weekend I'm more likely to travel. If I only have the morning or afternoon I will prob need to be more local.

3) would be all weather conditions, I haven't had much luck hunting south easterly winds. I don't trust them and they tend to swirl in most spots. Im not burning out good spots on poor conditions, better to use those days scouting marginal areas for fresh sign, or stacking marginal areas I don't intend to hunt.

4) by this point I've got it narrowed down to 2 or 3 spots and I can usually pick the best based on wind direction. If I'm still in doubt, I have been known to flip a coin. I have flipped a coin all the way to killing a buck before.