Hey all, couple questions for you veteran public land hunters. When youre out in large tracts of open pine and hardwood hills, how do you pattern the deer? Do you start with topo maps and pick a handful of locations based on saddles, points, draws, shelves etc? Do you go to satellite first and find thin pines, could be beds then look for trails in and out?
I guess my questions center around not having many agg fields or edges to act as choke points. You've just got hundreds of acres of pine ridges and hardwood bottoms...there's potentially bedding and food in all 360 degrees around you ...so how do you know what way the deer may come as far as picking a favorable stand location relative to the wind?
Sorry long winded, just looking for people's approach to large tracts of public land timber, help is appreciated
I guess my questions center around not having many agg fields or edges to act as choke points. You've just got hundreds of acres of pine ridges and hardwood bottoms...there's potentially bedding and food in all 360 degrees around you ...so how do you know what way the deer may come as far as picking a favorable stand location relative to the wind?
Sorry long winded, just looking for people's approach to large tracts of public land timber, help is appreciated