Hoping someone can help me figure out what was happening tonight.
The property.
This is a good a spot as you will find around here.North is at the top of the pic. The small field to the south center of the pic is corn this year. The top edge of the pic is a fence row with a HUGE cornfield above it. The field to the east is kind of a mystery to me. He plants beans every year. Last year he didn't plant the northern 1/3 of the field, just left it go. Those beans didn't come off till this past spring.
This year he still didn't plant that part of the field but he did mow it a couple months ago. It is now a plush carpet of clover, timothy, and rye grass.The middle one third of the field went unplanted this year, but he did till it in the spring. It is currently chest high weeds, with big dirt clods and deep ruts under it. It is a nightmare to walk through. the lower 1/3 of the field is again, beans. They weren't planted till late and I would bet money they will stand all winter. The woods are a mix of large old growth hardwoods, mostly black and white oak, with several areas of baseball bat sized saplings. Add a small shallow secluded pond that cant be seen from the road in any direction. you found a good spot. There are at least three shooter bucks in the area. I've gotten tons of TC pics in the area of the new stand to the north.
So far this season, i've sat in the cove stand 2 evenings. This isn't a great evening spot, they seem to use it more in the morning and mid day, But it does give a great view of the northern part of the field. On both sits I saw deer coming out of the woods about halfway between the corner where the green changes colors, and the south edge of the pond. i knew there were some gigantic oaks just below the pond, but i was waiting for a west wind to venture in there.
We got off work early today and i had enough time to get to this property by 3:00. Weather bug was calling for a west wind with increasing velocity from 5 to 12 mph as the evening wore on. I went straight from work, so my clothes were kinda work smelly, but my camo in the jeep had been smoked and stored in a tote. i also sprayed my work clothes down with scent killer before putting my camo on over top. I sat up about 50 yards inside the tree line just about even with the southern edge of the pond. Right in what i figured to be the sweet spot.
The wind did come from the west, and it did pick up speed as time went on, But I noticed that the falling leaves were blowing east, right back into the woods. i took out my windicater, and every puff went streaming east into the woods.
Why?
was it the pond right there? was it coming over the tree tops, down into the field and eddying back? It seemed like the harder the wind gusted from the WNW the harder it blew back into the woods to the east.
This is a good spot, any suggestions on what to do are welcome. My thoughts are to move further back into the woods and sit a west wind again, or to wait for a more south west wind. i really want to move north into the new stand, but I need to get this wind thing figured out. There are some good deer up there but I dont want to bugger it up and ruin the spot.
One thing for sure. No more going in after work. i want to be freshly showered, sprayed down and smoked up before i go back in there.
The property.
This is a good a spot as you will find around here.North is at the top of the pic. The small field to the south center of the pic is corn this year. The top edge of the pic is a fence row with a HUGE cornfield above it. The field to the east is kind of a mystery to me. He plants beans every year. Last year he didn't plant the northern 1/3 of the field, just left it go. Those beans didn't come off till this past spring.
This year he still didn't plant that part of the field but he did mow it a couple months ago. It is now a plush carpet of clover, timothy, and rye grass.The middle one third of the field went unplanted this year, but he did till it in the spring. It is currently chest high weeds, with big dirt clods and deep ruts under it. It is a nightmare to walk through. the lower 1/3 of the field is again, beans. They weren't planted till late and I would bet money they will stand all winter. The woods are a mix of large old growth hardwoods, mostly black and white oak, with several areas of baseball bat sized saplings. Add a small shallow secluded pond that cant be seen from the road in any direction. you found a good spot. There are at least three shooter bucks in the area. I've gotten tons of TC pics in the area of the new stand to the north.
So far this season, i've sat in the cove stand 2 evenings. This isn't a great evening spot, they seem to use it more in the morning and mid day, But it does give a great view of the northern part of the field. On both sits I saw deer coming out of the woods about halfway between the corner where the green changes colors, and the south edge of the pond. i knew there were some gigantic oaks just below the pond, but i was waiting for a west wind to venture in there.
We got off work early today and i had enough time to get to this property by 3:00. Weather bug was calling for a west wind with increasing velocity from 5 to 12 mph as the evening wore on. I went straight from work, so my clothes were kinda work smelly, but my camo in the jeep had been smoked and stored in a tote. i also sprayed my work clothes down with scent killer before putting my camo on over top. I sat up about 50 yards inside the tree line just about even with the southern edge of the pond. Right in what i figured to be the sweet spot.
The wind did come from the west, and it did pick up speed as time went on, But I noticed that the falling leaves were blowing east, right back into the woods. i took out my windicater, and every puff went streaming east into the woods.
Why?
was it the pond right there? was it coming over the tree tops, down into the field and eddying back? It seemed like the harder the wind gusted from the WNW the harder it blew back into the woods to the east.
This is a good spot, any suggestions on what to do are welcome. My thoughts are to move further back into the woods and sit a west wind again, or to wait for a more south west wind. i really want to move north into the new stand, but I need to get this wind thing figured out. There are some good deer up there but I dont want to bugger it up and ruin the spot.
One thing for sure. No more going in after work. i want to be freshly showered, sprayed down and smoked up before i go back in there.