Question about hunting Bean Fields

[catrat1207]

The place where I Bow Hunt had half soy beans in it this year and half corn. The farmer just took the beans out last week and plowed the field under yesterday. The corn is still standing. Will the deer still utilize this field or should I look else where to hunt. "I can only hunt on the bean side of the field"

[Doc]

The place where I Bow Hunt had half soy beans in it this year and half corn. The farmer just took the beans out last week and plowed the field under yesterday. The corn is still standing. Will the deer still utilize this field or should I look else where to hunt. "I can only hunt on the bean side of the field"

If the field has just been plowed, what will draw seer there?

[Dawg]

Doc makes a good point. However, you might be able to catch them walking to the corn. Just depends on how far off the corn is from your stand location.

[dartonman]

The farmers are using the no till in my area, and when going to check on my stands, there were 11 deer eating stubble out of the bean field, and they were a mere 10 yards from a cornfield, and stayed eating the stubble of beans.......I live in Illinois..al

[Doc]

The farmers are using the no till in my area, and when going to check on my stands, there were 11 deer eating stubble out of the bean field, and they were a mere 10 yards from a cornfield, and stayed eating the stubble of beans.......I live in Illinois..al

But the bean field that Catrat was talking about was "plowed". That doesn't leave a whole lot of stubble or anything else if the farmer knows how to plow.

There might be some action along the hedgerows leading to the part of the field that still has corn. That may be worth a look. Otherwise, the trick is to find exactly what they are currently feeding on and how they are approaching it and set up accordingly. I think the old bean field is a non-issue now.

By the way, I wouldn't put all my eggs in one basket either. That cornfield could suffer the same fate as the beanfield at any time.

Doc