good one seems to have a doe hemmed up

[wtnhunt]

Got out yesterday afternoon about an hour before dark to the same stand I shot my buck from Tuesday afternoon. Not 10 minutes after getting in the stand here a chase coming through the woods and they go to the edge and stop just short of a food plot and also unfortunately just short of where I could see them in the woods and they went completely silent. Never heard them anymore, tried the can call and a few grunts, heard plenty of squirrels and turkeys but the deer seemed to gone to stealth mode or maybe stopped. About 35 minutes after the chase ended, the wife pulls up the drive(gravel, could here the rocks), and the buck steps out just enough for me to get a good look at his rack and see he has at least 9 inch 2's and 4 on his right side, shooter for sure, think he was a 120 or better class deer. Good buck, no shot, he turns just as quickly as he steps out and goes right back in that area where I heard the chase stop. Don't know for sure if the vehicle had anything to do with him stepping out or if the calling I had done earlier had a little of his attention.

At dark I had 2 groups of 2 does come out just a little ways down below where this buck stepped out, less than 30 yards away and he never came out. Thinking he has a hot doe and is keeping her right there. The woods they were in is about a 25'ish acre hardwoods we have sole permission on that ground, should not have any pressure on the woods. It leads into a slough at the back and county property on the other side that gets a lot of pressure opposite side of it, our side is a little more open with a brush pile(bedding area) and food plots, basically 2 clover plots at opposite ends of the field, a mix of beans and grains we left standing along the edge of the woods where I saw the deer, and a brassicas/radish plot. I am thinking the buck is going to hang around with all the does around and won't go far.

Question is, how hard would you hunt that stand over the field? Mornings and afternoons? I have permission to hunt the woods they were in and have a stand in the woods, but would prefer not to pressure them with knowing the potential for the afternoons. I could hunt over the field mornings over this weekend, but I usually try to hunt the woods in the mornings and have other stands around the property in the woods along the edge of the river. Afternoons we will have someone in that stand, too many live decoys around not to have someone hunting there.

[redkneck]

To me pressure from hunting is not a one size fits all topic. Some stands I have in the swamp require lots of walking lots of time spooking deer, while other stands can be easily slipped into walking on quiet pine straw. Smart scent/wind attention and I think you can hunt a stand pretty frequently. Sometimes when I have to climb down and run deer off I usually lay off a little. During the rut I pay less attention, they are on the move and no use in backing out of an area for a few days, they are running all over the map any way.

Just my thoughts, you can look at my trophy collection and tell I don't know what I'm doing. :clown:

[wtnhunt]

Gonna be a warm weekend here, wind for this afternoon would be in my face, no brainer where I am going to be this afternoon. Kinda thinking I may take Christina in the morning to this stand, since it is a 2 person stand. Only concern about hunting it in the morning really is blowing out what does may be feeding in the plots. Pretty easy stand to get to, but have had deer under the stand on the way in the past eating acorns. Hard to say how long he will stay with the one doe, or if he will be around, but thinking with seeing the other does once he is done with the one he has now he probably won't venture off too far.

[Ravin R10 man]

I'd hit that area hard am, and pm..he has a hot doe and he's not going anywhere!!!..the doe will come out to feed or at least try to and he will head her off hopefully allowing a shot

[dbHunterNY]

yea no buck will leave a hot doe.

[Tominator]

Tend to agree with Martin. I'd be cautious of spooking that doe off though.