dan wrote:This is a spot I hunted in S.W. Iowa... There were a lot of does feeding in the cut corn field every evening and some small bucks. I saw a big buck shining the field and one evening glassing. So I walked the southern edge of the cornfield and the big bucks tracks were all over chasing does apparently. So I picked the trail that had the most of the big bucks tracks and followed it in about 50 to 75 yards till I hit a faint cross trail... this spot was marked with a large rub and a scrape. To the untrained eye, it would appear to be on the heavy doe trail heading to the field, but looking up and down the faint trail I could see a rub at almost each doe trail intersection...
My set up was done poorly, mainly because of what I had for available trees that would support both me and my camera man...
Does came in and went to the field from the woods 1st. Then the really big buck showed up, on the parallel trail heading from West to East... I made a horrible shot and missed him at the base of my tree... Unfortunately, my expartners from BBO have the footage and refuse to give it back. I do have my bow cam footage though, and this hunt will show up in the next video.
But Dan, would the bucks be using that parallel trail with that wind? I thought they use that trail to skirt around and scent check the food source and for does out in the field. So, wouldn't a north wind be the wind to set up in this spot? If not, why? Just curious...