New property
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Lots of good advice here! I like Jesses suggestion and set up some observation stands. I'd also keep knocking on doors in this area and try to secure more land so you can have several more places for you both can hunt. Good luck!
Dustin, I'm with Chad on this one, all my attention goes right to the small field in the center. If you are parking by the house you could enter the south field right where the tornado meets the tree line. Follow the field edge to the south east corner of the small field. At this point you are not only in a great observation point, but you are covering two inside corners. I put some money on this being a hot spot, especially during the rut.
The only other thing that I'm curious about is the distance of the small field from corner to corner going north to south?
The only other thing that I'm curious about is the distance of the small field from corner to corner going north to south?
I wouldn't hunt the small field stand until late October either. You'll have bucks running those fingers to scent check that field for does.
I agree with Big slam Chad. Don't hunt that hang on until the last week in October (at the earliest). Don't hunt it on the wrong wind. Don't hunt it too often. This WILL be difficult to avoid. Looks killer. Got to let those does stay comfortable and unpressured until the rut is kicking off. Just my opinion.
IF the land owner wanders all over the property or trespassers do. . . I'd say most of what I posted is null and void. That works (sometimes) in unpressured areas.
Something else I was thinking today: some properties have it and some dont. They may all have similar habitat, food, water, similar pressure, but for whatever reason Property A always outperforms Property B. I don't have a clue as to why. I have 3 similar properties within 2-3 miles of each other. They do not all hold good bucks. I don't understand it. For your sake and Moonlab: I hope this property has the "it" factor.
IF the land owner wanders all over the property or trespassers do. . . I'd say most of what I posted is null and void. That works (sometimes) in unpressured areas.
Something else I was thinking today: some properties have it and some dont. They may all have similar habitat, food, water, similar pressure, but for whatever reason Property A always outperforms Property B. I don't have a clue as to why. I have 3 similar properties within 2-3 miles of each other. They do not all hold good bucks. I don't understand it. For your sake and Moonlab: I hope this property has the "it" factor.
I have a feeling the PO will be out in that field quite a bit. Last time I was out there we found shot gun shells and wads. He has a clay launch in his back yard, which is close to the fields as shown in the original picture. Ill talk to him about it, but I cant stop him from doing what he wants. He used to hunt, so he knows a little about all the work it takes and the circumstances.
I looked at this from higher up on Google and this is the "X" on this property IMO. That's the best travel corridor running E/W along the whole road. Exception being a corn planting adjacent to the big woods N of here on the other side of the road. I like how this field provides seclusion, lots of edge and it's well positioned within that funnel. That lock on is in the right general area. May take some tweaking for access and/or cover, but you're on the right track here.
Won't hurt you at all. The main farm I hunt is mainly alfalfa and is cut a few times every year. The deer will continue to hammer that stuff as long as it stays green.
Usually the second cut (if they don't get a third cut) will be right around the beginning of the season if not long after it....