Starting out low in hill country?
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Starting out low in hill country?
Does anyone start scouting down low in the creek bottoms in hill country? Find the sign probably made at night in the bottoms then work up connecting dots to bedding up higher. I often access ridges from below if I can find a wash, didn't know if folks scouted low to high as well. I don't plan on hunting in bottoms here not wide enough wind swirls too much.
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Re: Starting out low in hill country?
I typically mark the area on my map where I suspect the wind tunnel to be located.
Once I locate the wind tunnel, I walk that particular elevation around the property I'm scouting. That usually tells me if I want to scout more.
Then I locate solid transition lines and scout those next.
These two areas of scouting normally will direct me to the beds (if any) I want to hunt.
If I locate what I think are buck bedding g, additional scouting for food sources is done then.
If I scout low, I normally look for routes bucks may use during the rut.
That's how I scout.
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Once I locate the wind tunnel, I walk that particular elevation around the property I'm scouting. That usually tells me if I want to scout more.
Then I locate solid transition lines and scout those next.
These two areas of scouting normally will direct me to the beds (if any) I want to hunt.
If I locate what I think are buck bedding g, additional scouting for food sources is done then.
If I scout low, I normally look for routes bucks may use during the rut.
That's how I scout.
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Re: Starting out low in hill country?
I start at the 1/3 elevation, find the beds 1st, then worry about the rest and how the deer relate. No sense in scouting an are littered with sign that is a 1/4 mile from where they bed, especially if there is no intent to rut hunt the spot either.
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Re: Starting out low in hill country?
I start at top normally n work down to thermal tunnel elevation looking for bedding, if something huntable is found I may drop down out of curiosity to see how much n what size sign is there. Secondly if theres sign n not much for bedding Ill check the pinch points, saddles, high side of deep cut, and small ridges connecting larger systens for possible rut hunting then move on. All scouting is first done with topo and aerial in relation to wind charts. This is the quickest system Iv found to either confirm or eliminate an area. Random walking in the mountains can burn up alot of energy very fast. Always have a solid plan leaving one area and heading to another.
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Re: Starting out low in hill country?
If there is bedding is there, sure. It's like the guys who set up over multiple scrapes in open areas and then conclude you can't kill deer over scrapes. Well sure not over those scrapes you can't. If you want to stack the odds you're either hunting bedding or rut funnels.
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