When I look back at my hunting past I have consistently changed main hunting areas every few years......sometimes due to increased pressure, lack of the deer I'm looking for, or changes in the woods setting itself, etc. Still, I didn't move on until I knew as much as I could about the area and how to take it on. Plus, I still can go back to these areas any time I want and sit the good spots that I found back in the day.
I've recently taken on a new area of public land and have been spending a ton of time trying to learn as much as I can about it. It all goes back to learning the best spots a particular area has and then continuing to hunt them in the future, but also moving on to find and learn new areas.
Branch out or condense?
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Re: Branch out or condense?
Good topic! I keep very good records on EVERY hunt I take and have for years. I Log every hunt immediately upon completion while it is fresh in my mind in an excel spreadsheet (actually in a GIS database but very similar) that I can sort on wind, etc. to help me pick where I am going to go hunt that day. When I find a buck I want to hunt I am sparing on the pressure I put on him and I do that by hunting good spots in other areas which keeps me in the game even though I’m not chasing that buck. When the wind I need to hunt that particular buck hits I slide in and hunt him from the tree(s) I prepped in the spring. Otherwise I am bouncing around hunting trees that have proven themselves over the years or are trees I have found cyber scouting or late winter scouting and expect to be good.
This strategy keeps all these spots low impact and fresh and producing year after year.
Lee
This strategy keeps all these spots low impact and fresh and producing year after year.
Lee
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