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#1732566 - 01/18/10 03:42 PM Hunting terrain
earlytime
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Last season was not a great season. So this year I want to try something like hunting the terrain. I hunt the big woods and on public land. What should I look for and hunt? I know how to read a map, just would like to know if I should hunt ridges or saddles or what? Which terrain is better to hunt? What to look for, where to set up? Thanks Mike
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#1732591 - 01/18/10 03:55 PM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: earlytime]
Double-D-Team
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Mike,
Like every hunter I also like to try new places and new terrain. All I can tell you is that the secret to any hunt is scouting. Now would be the time for you to learn this new terrain for next season. When it comes to ridges or saddles, the pressure will play a large part along with weather. I love to hunt ridges but your big bucks will rarely skyline themselves. Like always look for bedding areas, food, water. They are there somewhere close. Good Luck.
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#1732699 - 01/18/10 05:00 PM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: Double-D-Team]
mathews338
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saddles are my favorite types of terrain you can't hardly beat'em
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#1732708 - 01/18/10 05:03 PM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: mathews338]
LIL JOKER
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for public land hunt the thickets//if its on a saddle even better..

if u can get a idea of where other hunters are hunting try to slip in on the other side and let them push deer to u

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#1732796 - 01/18/10 06:15 PM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: LIL JOKER]
Bone Collector
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 Originally Posted By: LIL JOKER
for public land hunt the thickets//if its on a saddle even better..

if u can get a idea of where other hunters are hunting try to slip in on the other side and let them push deer to u


Ditto. On public land nothing like letting your fellow hunters do the dirty work for you
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#1732956 - 01/18/10 07:39 PM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: Bone Collector]
Football Hunter
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Find the funnels,funnels ,funnels
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#1733538 - 01/19/10 05:57 AM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: Football Hunter]
MUP
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My personal favorite is to find an area where a thicket and hardwoods meet. Whiteoak ridges that have a pine thicket on one side or the other, up above or down below them make excellent stand loc's imo.
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#1733553 - 01/19/10 06:18 AM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: MUP]
TN RDG RNR
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I bow hunt and like narrow ridge tops because I believe that my scent isn't as likely to swirl. Saddles even the slightest resemblance of a saddle are my favorites.
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#1733561 - 01/19/10 06:26 AM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: TN RDG RNR]
scn
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To save yourself a bunch of scouting time, go to Amazon.com and get you a copy of "Mapping Trophy Bucks" by Brad Herndon. It is hands down the best book I've found on hunting terrain features. After digesting his book it will be much easier to look at the maps and know where to start your scouting.
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#1733664 - 01/19/10 07:42 AM Re: Hunting terrain [Re: scn]
Winchester
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Smart move, the only thing remotely consistent about mature bucks is how they will use the terrain they live in.
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