Alright just a quick update. I pulled a cam from the stand I hunted last week and found just what the sign told me was using the thicket, small buck and some does. I won't give up on that property though, I think it will make for a great rut stand once the bucks start searching/chasing does.
I took the cam and went to a property that I have saved just for the rut. I was very happy with the sign. Lots of tracks, scrapes, and a few 3-4 inch trees rubbed. I hung a camera over one of the scrapes and made sure my sets were still there (steps in tree for Lonewolf Setup).
Here is the map of the woodlot. This is more for me just to layout what I saw lastnight and see if I am making the right moves by keeping the two setups where they are. Crops are outlined and labeled. Yellow is standing corn. The blue is a creek/ditch. Red X's are stand locations. Red dot is where the trail/sign starts and moved through the woods. I outlined the major sign areas with a white line.
North wind that is being forecasted for the next 3-5 days is not good for this section, so this will give me time to let it settle down a little bit. I won't be back out there until I hunt it. I plan on hunting the left stand location first, trying to catch them going to or from the corn. Depending on what this hunt tells me, I will probably move on up to the east and hunt the scrape/rub line that the camera is over. I think that will be my better bet, catch them coming from the bedding area/corn/CRP and coming into the woods. As soon as they enter the woods from the CRP and hit the trail, it is dead nuts 25 yards from my tree.
I am open to any suggestions and will keep everyone posted on this location.