#1974370 - 06/27/10 07:31 AM
Re: man's intervention............
[Re: richmanbarbeque]
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Registered: 10/22/07
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Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co
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BH,
I will add though, that I never remember using an aerial photo or a map to aid me in finding and killing a deer. Not because I don't know how to use them, but because I LOVE to scout.
One of the most efficient ways to scout is with a topo and aerial map. I spend several hours a year scouting with my boots on but maps help save time so I can scout the woods more.
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#1974392 - 06/27/10 07:55 AM
Re: man's intervention............
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Registered: 12/29/06
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Loc: Hatchie Bottoms
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I first got turned on to aerials just a couple of years or so ago. I mean the ones that I can access on the internet, not those that you send off for or get at some governemet agency.
i can not tell you how much orange ribbon I have hung while scouting. For many years, I would find a nice trails and follow it until it left our property, flagging it all the way. if I ran across any intersections with other trails, I would flag them all the way out as well. I would do this until the woods looked like a high school teacher's front yard after Halloween. Only then would I try to pick a tree.....after hanging the stand, then I had to go out and take all the flagging down.....a real pain.
What i like about aerials is the way that I can hold a map in my hand while standing somewhere and think to myself..."I am here". Then I can use my compass and GPS to know what is in all directions without having to actually walk every inch of the ground myself. If i find a trail heading WEST, then i can look at the map and see what MAY be WEST and why the deer may be heading that way..... a huge time saver...!
I'm big into scouting , but at 53 years of age, I will use technology whenever I can. lol
My first year on Chaney I must have walked 100 miles scouting. On 2600 acres, with no help from anyone else, it's hard to know where all the stands are. Once I would find a place that i liked, BOOM, there would be a stand.....After a couple of years of running into people, I decided to go where I knew that no one would be....across Big Muddy. I just wish I had gone over there ten years ago.....
I love to plot certain points on my GPS.It helps me know exactly how far I am from certain "points of interest".....a great tool, no doubt.
My "style" of hunting very simple.......but it does take lots of patience. the thing is that many times larger , more saavy bucks will move where I am well before they will move around fields and foodplots.
that's what I'm counting on.
I know others may not agree with me and that is just fine. What i like about deer hunting may not be what you like. You may like seeing lots of deer, taking the shot and posing for pics. Nothing wrong with that.
My intent is to play the game the way that I want to and win. I win far less than some of you may but when I do , the satisfaction is far greater , in my mind, than it would be doing it any other way.
thanks and good luck.....
BH
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