Bed help
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:37 am
Green dot - buck bed
Yellow dots – parking
Red rectangle – thick pines, roughly 10 years old
Blue rectangle – 2 week old cutover
White dot – possible morning stand
Red dot – afternoon lok on stand
Ok here’s the scenario. Help if you can. I found what I think is a buck bed where the green dot is. Thick brush to his back(NW side of the bed). Myself and a couple other friends (also beast members) were discussing the following issue. These woods are big mature pines. The underbrush is chest to neck high. But I could climb a tree 60’ if needed and see a long ways. Also, we are currently in rifle season. I’d prefer to kill him with a bow but wont rule out a rifle. I was asking them what would be wrong with getting there really early one morning and climbing where the white dot is. I’m talking like 3-4 hours before daylight. Assuming he isn’t around at that time I should be able to climb a tree undetected and just wait on daylight. Even if he gets to his bed before sun up I will still be in position to see him once daylight approaches. The distance between the green dot and white dot is roughly 100 yards and I could see right in his bed from the white dot if I get high.
My other option is to park at the yellow dot circled in pink and access the red dot with a lok on for an afternoon hunt. Both scenarios would require a NW or N wind.
On another note our deer are at the begining stages of the rut. Several people have witnessed chasing within the last couple days. SHould I wait until later to try or go for it now?
Give me your thoughts.
Yellow dots – parking
Red rectangle – thick pines, roughly 10 years old
Blue rectangle – 2 week old cutover
White dot – possible morning stand
Red dot – afternoon lok on stand
Ok here’s the scenario. Help if you can. I found what I think is a buck bed where the green dot is. Thick brush to his back(NW side of the bed). Myself and a couple other friends (also beast members) were discussing the following issue. These woods are big mature pines. The underbrush is chest to neck high. But I could climb a tree 60’ if needed and see a long ways. Also, we are currently in rifle season. I’d prefer to kill him with a bow but wont rule out a rifle. I was asking them what would be wrong with getting there really early one morning and climbing where the white dot is. I’m talking like 3-4 hours before daylight. Assuming he isn’t around at that time I should be able to climb a tree undetected and just wait on daylight. Even if he gets to his bed before sun up I will still be in position to see him once daylight approaches. The distance between the green dot and white dot is roughly 100 yards and I could see right in his bed from the white dot if I get high.
My other option is to park at the yellow dot circled in pink and access the red dot with a lok on for an afternoon hunt. Both scenarios would require a NW or N wind.
On another note our deer are at the begining stages of the rut. Several people have witnessed chasing within the last couple days. SHould I wait until later to try or go for it now?
Give me your thoughts.
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