Farmland Scouting 1/17 to 1/20

[MOBIGBUCKS]

Here is his view from the bed.

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The buck also bedded on the backside of this oak tree...I found that kind of odd and couldn't figure out why he was doing that.

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Very good waist high rub.

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Here are a couple Farmland Cedar Thicket beds. The deer in this area really like the small cedar thickets for bedding. The first one is not 100 yards from a blacktop road; It's a great overlooked and isolated area.




Here is the buck's view laying in the bed. The bedding spot is on the corner of a small waterhole and it's up on a slight hill overlooking a creek bottom.





Another bed view with pond dam in the background.

[MOBIGBUCKS]

Maybe a 3 year old..Might be a good one next season

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Another cedar/multiflora rose bedding spot.




Buck's View..

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Waist high rub with the bed in the background. looks like a good buck beds here at times.

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Here is a step back view of the buck's bed.

[dan]

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[gjs4]

I struggle with beds like these as they make great sense when there is standing, or moreso remaining crops and just seem so worthless post harvest..... this always fosters the big argument in my mind as to if bucks bed in the same area most of the time

[BuckyHunter13]

Does the same apply to a field of clover as standing corn or beans? A wide open food source transitioning with some type of cover out on a point or finger?

[BuckyHunter13]

Sorry, my post is definitely thread highjacking but it is an overlapping subject matter and I'm hoping to apply what you guys have learned. Reading this thread 7 months after the initial post but so close to the season, I am jacked for you guys to be able to start hunting these spots.

Have you got any insight on this location and aerial sign? I just learned late last season that this spot was available to me, and I only recently learned of the Beast method. While I haven't done the necessary scouting for it to really pay off, I'm also not about to give up on this season and the information I can learn from you all to apply to it.

Directly to the North of the image line is a gravel road, to the east is a Highway. What is keeping the deer so close to the gravel road (according to the trails - and I saw a good doe walking along the road last weekend). I am guessing they either bed in the edge along the pines or come across the road from the north into the pines before entering the field. How can I set up on or near that edge without blowing them out, assuming they're bedded in the pines?


Following your example about points, I would almost expect to see one at the point of that triangular piece. Up close google shows several trails that hug that corner tight only a few yards into the field. This corner may be worth either setting up on, setting up to the South of, or taking that interior trail and setting up to the West (perhaps on a NW , N, or E wind?)


Thanks again for any advice and for sharing all of your scouting trips. Hopefully I can get a successful quick scout in before hunting this spot.

[dan]

I struggle with beds like these as they make great sense when there is standing, or moreso remaining crops and just seem so worthless post harvest..... this always fosters the big argument in my mind as to if bucks bed in the same area most of the time

Bucks certainly have more than a couple bedding areas... Some are seasonal, crop based, wind based, or cover based. Only primarys are used all year.

[MOBIGBUCKS]

I struggle with beds like these as they make great sense when there is standing, or moreso remaining crops and just seem so worthless post harvest..... this always fosters the big argument in my mind as to if bucks bed in the same area most of the time

A lot of buck beds in Farmland utilize vision to see you before you see them. They will bed in spots like these after crop harvest. Like Dan said, crop harvest, does coming in heat, etc. will all shift the non primary beds around a bit.

[MOBIGBUCKS]

Sorry, my post is definitely thread highjacking but it is an overlapping subject matter and I'm hoping to apply what you guys have learned. Reading this thread 7 months after the initial post but so close to the season, I am jacked for you guys to be able to start hunting these spots.

Have you got any insight on this location and aerial sign? I just learned late last season that this spot was available to me, and I only recently learned of the Beast method. While I haven't done the necessary scouting for it to really pay off, I'm also not about to give up on this season and the information I can learn from you all to apply to it.

Directly to the North of the image line is a gravel road, to the east is a Highway. What is keeping the deer so close to the gravel road (according to the trails - and I saw a good doe walking along the road last weekend). I am guessing they either bed in the edge along the pines or come across the road from the north into the pines before entering the field. How can I set up on or near that edge without blowing them out, assuming they're bedded in the pines?


Following your example about points, I would almost expect to see one at the point of that triangular piece. Up close google shows several trails that hug that corner tight only a few yards into the field. This corner may be worth either setting up on, setting up to the South of, or taking that interior trail and setting up to the West (perhaps on a NW , N, or E wind?)











How big is the property? Any topo maps?

You might try glassing this spot as well. That would be a good low impact tactic for this time of year.

Thanks again for any advice and for sharing all of your scouting trips. Hopefully I can get a successful quick scout in before hunting this spot.