Dewey wrote:Marcus.smith620 wrote:Her is the picture that I marked up of the area that I scouted. The far right line is a cut trail for hikers. Parking is to the southeast and when you walk up that red path you can walk right past the corn plot there in the middle. The transition line is where I scouted and the yellow marks are the beds that I found that I planned on hunting. Again this is stupid easy to walk to and it seems crazy that people would miss this area, but they might hunt around the corn and not get to the transitions and thicker stuff in order to see the deer that they want. The part of the transition line to the far left is all really thick redbrush and that bed is right on the edge. The bottom transition are all tall pines while the trees to the north transition are birch until you get deeper. I will definitely get back there to look at the oxbows and the rest of the transition to the west. Any input would be great.
I know that spot well.
Don't worry....your secret is safe with me and I don't hunt here anymore.
Hunted there for years. It gets pounded by hunters all season. Very rare that parking lot to the south of your pic is empty. The best bucks are in the refuge to the north and don't come out till well after dark. Problem is guys line up on the refuge line and cause them to be even more nocturnal. I got sick of people ruining my hunts so moved on. The sign you are seeing is all done after dark when the deer head to the fields. Your best bet is the oxbows in the river to the west, especially the upper left one. Decent bucks always seemed to bed in them and the pressure was much lower but never seen one I wanted to kill. The biggest buck sign by far I found was east of the trail up in the high ridge. Nobody seemed to climb the highest ridge much. It's worth checking out. One year I found a dead shed buck over the winter while post season scouting in the exact bed I was hunting that season. He died within days of when I found him and have no clue how he died. Looked very healthy and no sign of injury except a little blood coming out of his mouth. Thinking he got hit by a car and after making it back to his bed he died from internal bleeding. Really bummed me out.
Well I guess since everyone on this website knows this spot, which doesn't surprise me, just time to move on I suppose. Maybe I'll check out the oxbow, but I knew something had to be up because it was too easy to get to. I guess that brings me to another question. Since these deer come there well at night, do they just bed there after they eat, or why would they bed there at all?