G-Patt wrote:570Beast wrote:G-Patt wrote:I've had plenty of opportunities on mature bucks on 2nd and 3rd sits while hunting for does (tagged out on bucks - less mature ones at that too, LOL - if you're wondering). These were mostly on creek-access ground sets and actually sitting in the creek. The access to and from is bulletproof. The logic that you up your odds on a mature buck with your first sit makes a ton of sense, but I think you're still in the game on subsequent sits if your access is money and you have a solid intel of how the buck is using/traveling a given area.
That sounds like a great idea. Makes me think of an area I want to hunt next year. Does your scent tend to flow up and down the creek? Also, how are you setting up in the actual creek? Are you standing or do you bring a folding chair or something?
I hunt this creek spot on cool, low-wind (2 to 3 mph) mornings in early November, so my scent is kept down in the creek, plus the creek flows downstream to where the walls of the creek are about 45 to 50 feet high, which is where my scent goes. I use milkweed to keep a check on it. Once the wind starts to get funky around 10:30, I bug out. I use hip waders and bring a small camp stool and sit in the creek where the water is ankle deep. There are no huntable trees, though there is plenty of undergrowth to keep me hidden, and they simply don't expect to get ambushed in the creek. I can think of 2 other similar spots to hunt with that same set up for next year.
Thanks for the reply! I know of a creek bottom with apple trees scattered throughout along the creek. I’ve never hunted the area because I think the wind will be extremely difficult to deal with. I’m going to give your idea a shot on a calm evening this year during the early season. Am I correct thinking that the water should pull the air in during closing time? I might have to wait for the last hour to slip in there after the winds calm down.