Guest splitg2 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 I was just interested in what you all are planning on hunting over opening day Acorns, corn, alfalfa, apples, food plot,or what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Hmmmm, wherever Ohiobucks puts me. I always get 2nd choice if I'm even able to tag along with him. We did put in 3 food plots on one piece of property, so it would be interesting to see what pops up in one of those plots in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Day 1 will be an uncut cornfield for me. My stand is about 10 yards in the timber. There are 2 trails (about 50 yards apart)deer take to get to the field. I've got stands for both, just hope I pick the right one. Now if we have a north wind I may have to scrap that idea and hunt the edge of an uncut bean field. Crops will not be harvested until mid-late October in IL. Some farmers have indicated November. We had a lot of rain this spring causing a late plant. I love hunting a freshly cut corn/bean field, in early October then focusing in on the rut in late October/November. This year will prove to be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Not exactly sure just yet, will depend on what the wind is doing. Opening morning of the archery season will probably have me inside the woods on a trail if the conditions are right. Afternoon will probably sit over a food plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Opening morning I am set up on the top of a bluff/ridge between the food source (corn) and the bedding area. The deer make their way up the hill on an atv trail and either break left or right. I am set up to the left and my grandpa will be set up to the right, so any deer comming up will be seen by atleast one of us. Opening afternoon I will be set up in a valley where about 4 bluffs/ridges drop off and come together into about a 40 yard area. Im at the very point right by the entrance to a large corn feild. Mainly I am just hoping to whack a doe in the morning so that I have my buck tag for the rest of the weekend at the lease... -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbaker Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Central Indiana, Oct 1, will be in a creek bottom 250 yards down the hill from an uncut corn field, a pipline runs from the field through the woods 20 yds from my stand. great spot regaurdless of wind. If it is calm, I will most likely be up top around the field somewhere, they have just been hammering it from all sides and angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Western, NY, over acorns... to the south of me is all very thick brush that the deer love to come out of in the early morning and just before dark... to the east, north and west is all open woods, where if rifle hunting was allowed, i could shoot nearly 200 yards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinahunter Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Foothills of South Carolina,overlooking food plot full of clover from 16ft. tripod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 The opening morning of bow season I'll hunt the wind at a stand where I won't mind wacking a doe. As long as the wind isn't out of the west that afternoon I'll hunt one of my 3 stands/ground blinds set up on this alyce clover field hoping the bottom left buck in this cut and past photo of trail cam pics comes out before dark. The consolation prize would be the tall tined 8 point on the top right. I've been keeping tabs on these bucks, along with some of their younger running buddies for about 2 months now. Needless to say I won't be shooting any does around this field during bow season. These pics were all taken last week. Whatever happens, it ought to be an entertaining hunt if the wind cooperates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Not sure yet what i'll be hunting over. It will probably be over a standing bean field or alfalfa, just have to see what the wind and weather is doing then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 If I hunt close to home it will be uncut corn. If not I'll be hunting in the oaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherk's Guide Service Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have about a hundred different stand sites in the area I hunt. I'm still looking for more shooter bucks. Here in nw PA, anything over 100 inches is usually a shooter. I'm hoping to find something in the 120's, but I haven't seen a buck that big yet. I mostly hunt apples, but I might hunt over acorns or on the edge of a clear-cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RackBlaster Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Opening day in Wisconsin i will be in the middle of a swamp/bedding area . I I have a few food plots but they use them at the dark hours of the night this of time year. Come Oct. 1st. i will be on the edge of a corn field here in Illinois hoping for the that bruiser to walk by. Then depending on th wind hunting on th edge of the big woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ildrhntr Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I will be in the timber along a travel route next to a bedding area that morning and wishing I where in the woods in the afternoon while I am working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Either on the edge of a corn/alfalfa field, on one of my food plots or back on an oak flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieee Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Samsons ridge in vienna,ill in nov and the texas hill country in mid dec god willing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetro Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 There's about 10 of us in our Gang. I'll either be one of the doggers, or I'll be in my stand, I haven't checked it this year, yet but it watches the edge of of an old apple orchard that borders a hay/or soya bean field(depends if the farmers planted any thing). Behind me its a mix of brush and open patches where cattle graze with a cedar bush in the one corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOYTnMUZZYboy Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Il be somewhere between the food and the bedding opening morning. Il see how that works out for me and decide where il be going come evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimPic Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'll be heading to my cabin every weekend during the season.My favorite stand is on the ridge top with alot of white oaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'm in Northern Michigan, I'm going to be hunting on a food plot with a friend he wants to kill a deer with his bow and is just starting so we'll see. the food plot is in LOT of deep hard woods and swamp bottoms and it's full up with clover and rape so they should be pounding it. I'm going to video tape it so well see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Since bow season is out of the question as I recover from back surgery (I would have been hunting elk anyway) the first day of rifle season will find me watching the edge of an old clear cut. After the first couple of hours I will slip 50 yards or so off the edge and still hunt into the wind for the remainder of the day. While still hunting, I will hunker down every couple of hundred yards and do a rattling sequence with a few soft grunts thrown in, wait 15 to 20 minutes and move on. Moving slow enough that it takes up to an hour to cover 100 yards. That is my favorite way to hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spineshot Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 acorn heaven We hunt s. ohio and it has been dry. I think the acorns are dropping already. We are headed down sept 9 to finish up stands. There is no corn or beans in our area so acorns and apples are good places to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchthedeerslayer Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 ill be up in my 17ft ladder stand over looking my food plot and wating patiently for the big one!!! or a Squirrel!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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