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Help with hills

Unread postby SouthGAPSE » Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:38 pm

Where would the bucks bed?

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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby dan » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:53 pm

The trails concern me.. If there is a lot of human presence the deer will bed in the swamp. If not, these hill locations should have beds.
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby dan » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:56 pm

As far as your aerial goes, its hard to see... Zoom in on google earth and look at different images and look for transition lines (edges) where the color or shapes of trees change. Bedding should occur on the thick side of these transitions, especially where there is a point or corner shape to the transition line.
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby Jay » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:33 am

Looks like a great spot with plenty of cover too. I like the two spots Dan marked on the northwest side of the map.
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby dan » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:42 am

Jay wrote:Looks like a great spot with plenty of cover too. I like the two spots Dan marked on the northwest side of the map.

I agree, those are the best looking spots on those hills.
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby Czabs » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:29 am

Dan, I'm curious…why didn't you pick the top third of the west and east points on the middle hump?
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby dan » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:58 am

Czabs wrote:Dan, I'm curious…why didn't you pick the top third of the west and east points on the middle hump?

Its possible there is bedding there, but it looks like its a smaller hill, and in the center and with the human trails, its my belief the end points will have better bedding.
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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby SouthGAPSE » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:48 pm

Thanks so much for the advice hunted the smaller hill to the right and had 4 does a nice 8 point and a spike all within bow range this afternoon right were Dan said they would bed. The 8 was just too small. I hope Dans DVDs help me too do this by myself. Thank you again.

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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby TravisB » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:21 am

Sounds like a good trip. I know a guy that has killed quite a few big deer there if it's the same place you posted last week. I'm headed over to the Chick in a week or two to start scouting.

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Re: Help with hills

Unread postby SouthGAPSE » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:41 am

Awesome and this is actually private land that butts up to chick

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