Overlooked area
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Overlooked area
This will be my third year bow hunting (Lord willing) and I am in need of some advice from you who know how to hunt.....i hunt public land and the land I hunt doesn't seem to be super pressured but it does get bow hunted. My question is, would it be smart to hunt the roadside ditch along the treeline? I know the does cross the road and feed in the corn across the road and am wondering if anyone has done this on public before? Seems like a smart move to me. Sorry for not having a ton of detail of the grounds but help me if you can. Appreciate it
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Re: Overlooked area
Benb wrote:This will be my third year bow hunting (Lord willing) and I am in need of some advice from you who know how to hunt.....i hunt public land and the land I hunt doesn't seem to be super pressured but it does get bow hunted. My question is, would it be smart to hunt the roadside ditch along the treeline? I know the does cross the road and feed in the corn across the road and am wondering if anyone has done this on public before? Seems like a smart move to me. Sorry for not having a ton of detail of the grounds but help me if you can. Appreciate it
I have killed a lot of deer in that exact scenario... Failed a lot too.. Only way to know for sure is to have the confidence to throw a sit or two in that direction. Don't give up if nothing happens. Sometimes it works, often it don't, but you don't learn anything, nor do you grow as a hunter rotating thru the same 5 stands over and over... Sometimes you fail 10 times in a row then the 11th hunt in a new crazy spot and the magic happens.... Im all for throwing a hunt at your ditch spot.
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If you already know they use it in daylight I'd say give it a sit. Worst case, you see nothing and you move on.
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Give it a try. Dan mentioned confidence and that is very important.
I’ve sat dozens and dozens of times in awesome spots and gotten skunked. So if you try it and it doesn’t work immediately, don’t give up on it just yet.
I’ve sat dozens and dozens of times in awesome spots and gotten skunked. So if you try it and it doesn’t work immediately, don’t give up on it just yet.
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I had a situation like this a couple years ago. I was walking down a gravel road on my way to the parking area after an evening sit deep into a swamp. We'd gotten a little snow, and I noticed there were a couple sets of tracks crossing the road, going from a 20 yard deep tree line across the road to a somewhat distant cornfield. I came back a couple nights later and set up on the ground in the trees.
Just before sunset, a nice buck gets up about 100 yards away in some taller grass. He works right towards me. I'd already filled my buck tag, so I couldn't do anything about him. He spooked while I was trying to record him with my phone.
Just for fun, I came back again a night or two later. This time I worked a little deeper and was just on the edge of the trees and the grass. I'm probably less than 30 yards from the road. At sunset I hear two deer get up, but that happened to coincide with when a woman driving down the gravel road decided to stop her car and let her dogs out. They all stayed on the road, but with all the commotion the two deer never came my way.
All that to say, it's definitely worth a shot! Deer go where people aren't, and most people don't hunt right off the road.
Just before sunset, a nice buck gets up about 100 yards away in some taller grass. He works right towards me. I'd already filled my buck tag, so I couldn't do anything about him. He spooked while I was trying to record him with my phone.
Just for fun, I came back again a night or two later. This time I worked a little deeper and was just on the edge of the trees and the grass. I'm probably less than 30 yards from the road. At sunset I hear two deer get up, but that happened to coincide with when a woman driving down the gravel road decided to stop her car and let her dogs out. They all stayed on the road, but with all the commotion the two deer never came my way.
All that to say, it's definitely worth a shot! Deer go where people aren't, and most people don't hunt right off the road.
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Re: Overlooked area
Sweet, thanks guys. I'll be hunting by the road for a part of the season
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Definitely take a crack at it. Obviously you have a reason to believe it might work or you wouldn't be asking about it.
I have three bow kills personally and they're all in one section of forest. I found that section because one day I was just out for a quick walk, scanned the parcel wondering if deer use the area, and decided immediately that no it doesn't look like a place deer would use, but what the heck it'll only take 15 min to check anyway.
Being ok with the potential for failure is huge. Good luck this season man!
I have three bow kills personally and they're all in one section of forest. I found that section because one day I was just out for a quick walk, scanned the parcel wondering if deer use the area, and decided immediately that no it doesn't look like a place deer would use, but what the heck it'll only take 15 min to check anyway.
Being ok with the potential for failure is huge. Good luck this season man!
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Could you hide a camera close to the road on their trail to see what time the bucks are using it?
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I have a place I hunt that is 20 yards off the road, its a swampy area on the back side of a lake. The deer have to pinch around the lake , didnt get to hunt it this year but last year on a nw wind I saw 11 buck. In my spot I park a half mile away and walk so as to not get any unwanted attention also if I get one there i will not bring it out to the road. You have nothing to lose by giving it a shot. Good luck and God bless
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I’m with Swedish. Set a cheap cam for the entirety of the year. This will provide info for future years.
Scout and pick a tree for your set up. Make sure your access is dialed in. If deer are bedded close to the parking lot right next to the location I’d park some distance away and walk in.
I’ve been hunting something similar with a roadside apple tree and I’m kicking myself for not putting a cam in there last year. Live and learn.
Scout and pick a tree for your set up. Make sure your access is dialed in. If deer are bedded close to the parking lot right next to the location I’d park some distance away and walk in.
I’ve been hunting something similar with a roadside apple tree and I’m kicking myself for not putting a cam in there last year. Live and learn.
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Sometimes you just need to follow your instinct and give it a whirl to see what happens. I always tell myself this when setting up a stand…each hunt is educational to yourself no matter the outcome. Good luck!
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