Casey Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Where are your favorite spots, are they mostly river bottoms, funnels, or hills or hollers?? I like to hunt on my uncles's farm land that is surrounded by river bottoms.... Deer travel safely through the river bottoms and then over the levey to the crops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have two favorites. One is here on our farm down in a holler where a logging road coming through the open woods meets with a cedar thicket and a creek. My second is on the farm behind ours where some extremely thick cover borders a creek in a big bottom with three ridges running down to it on either side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have two favorites. One is here on our farm down in a holler where a logging road coming through the open woods meets with a cedar thicket and a creek. My second is on the farm behind ours where some extremely thick cover borders a creek in a big bottom with three ridges running down to it on either side. Ethan, I love hunting creeks, I think they give a hunter great patterns on deer movement. Always seem like the trails are used more across creeks/streams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yes creeks really seem to draw deer. That first spot I told you about I have kept track of how many times I have hunted it and when I saw deer there, and right now it has a 75% deer sighting rate with 50% of that being bucks. Thats pretty good for this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yes creeks really seem to draw deer. That first spot I told you about I have kept track of how many times I have hunted it and when I saw deer there, and right now it has a 75% deer sighting rate with 50% of that being bucks. Thats pretty good for this area. With creeks near by, the vegetation is plentiful. In my hunting years, the creeks seem to have lots of thickness near them. If the creeks have a lot of water running through them, they at times can mask any noise you make in the treestand or blind with the twinkling sound of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yes thats true, but sometimes its too thick lol. I have had deer come in and I couldnt even see them until they are right on top of you. It keeps it interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yes thats true, but sometimes its too thick lol. I have had deer come in and I couldnt even see them until they are right on top of you. It keeps it interesting. Thats the only way to hunt, is always be on your toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 I agree. But its hard when you want to look at a buck to see if he is good enough to take when you only have a couple seconds before he goes back into thick cover lol. Gotta be quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 My 2 favorite spots are: The first is a Ridge(actually along either side of it) in West Virginia where I took 2 deer last year. It's a crossing from one bowl to another and the right side of it overlooks a bowl that deer filter into when pressured. The second is the hidden pocket of a cornfield here in New York that has the back of it fed with a creek that then wraps around one side, plenty of acorns, and just enough straight trees for a climber or two. Not to mention that the deer feel comfortable staging during the daylight hours just off the edge of the field within range of a hastily made ground blind that I shot 2 deer from last year with my Muzzleloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Depends on the timing. Favorite afternoon spot around the pre rut into the rut without a doubt is our ladder stand/blind looking over our back field. Mornings like to be in the woods in a stand along the river. Got a spot that kinda acts as a funnel where the deer have good cover that narrows to a point about 75 yards deep on our side of the river, that narrowed point connects to a wooded gully kind of like a T. The gully is behind the stand and runs about 200 yards back to the east where it connects to a nice little chunk of hardwoods. The ground along the river at that point is rolling and that stand is on a little knoll. Deer like to cross the water near that point too which is just another plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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