#2003796 - 07/22/10 03:08 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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mossyhorns300
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Wow! That is really cool.
That can definitely put things in perspective when you think you've covered every inch of ground on your property when the sightings get low and so does your confidence level.
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#2003877 - 07/22/10 05:01 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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BowGuy84
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Great data BSK...I know I have some areas that arent in my sanctuatry that havent been hunted, but its almost too thick to get to them. I'll have to get a trail in there this winter.
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#2003878 - 07/22/10 05:01 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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mrk80
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Thats slick right there BSK!
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#2003950 - 07/22/10 06:36 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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Boone 58
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I always look for them and i have been fortunate enough to find a few and they are killer spots!!! Its not as hard as you think and sometimes they are in the most obvious spot! We have a gate to our lease and immediatly behind it is a log landing sitting on what looks like a rise....immediately behind that same landing is a ridge that runs nearly 300 yards level to a small but productive hardwood draw. I never knew it was there until i came out on it by mistake while scouting a few weeks ago. i will kill i nice deer there i feel confident....i have others and have killed some nice deer doing this. I always try to find spots where others cant or wont get to easily such as no access places. i looked at a topo of Laurel hill wma and realized there are several places there where there is no access for 1 mile stretches....awesome!
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#2004207 - 07/22/10 10:26 PM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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RKenney
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Many "pockets" can be where there is alot of human activity. Back
in the 70's there was a place where several hunters always parked
their vehicles on a pipe line. Many time we would all meet back
at the trucks for lunch before trudging back into the normally
undisturbed hunting areas.
One day someone decided to relieve themself in a very small
thicket about 60 yards behind where we parked. All of the sudden
there was a commotion with small limbs breaking and crashing. A
huge buck came out of that "pocket" like it was the "running of
the bulls" in Spain.
It was one of the fuunniest things I have every seen, with
everyone scrambiling for their guns. Can I say Chinese fire
drill? I guess I just did.
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#2004497 - 07/23/10 09:43 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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Yep, hence the term "hunt the hunters" works very well on heavy pressured public areas. Its all about getting outside the box and throwing them a curve so to speak. They will pattern you much faster than you them, so therefore being very random will oftentimes make a huge difference. Versatility is KING! This is why you have to be willing and able to hunt in every type area and situation as they come along, to be consistently succesful!
Looking back over the years, what I wouldnt give to have a few do-overs with some huge bucks that I knew where there, I just didnt know at the time how to kill them, almost makes me sick at some of the stupid mistakes I have and still do make!
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#2004536 - 07/23/10 10:27 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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tndrbstr
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sometimes they are in the most obvious spot!
thats why it is often so easy for hunters, myself included, to simply dismiss them as we are going to the good spots.....
...but some times even setting up on these spots to hunt is not even practicle for on reason or another (saftey, cover,...)...then the deer need to pushed into a more favorable shooting zone...thats the reason if you do happen to bump a deer out of a hiding spot take notice of its escape route, because it will most often use the same route again when given the opportunity....
imo
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#2004543 - 07/23/10 10:32 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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BSK
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Many "pockets" can be where there is alot of human activity.
That's how I killed one of my top bucks. I've told this story many times, but I was using the technique described above to locate "unhunted pockets" on my own property, and one of the areas the map highlighted was around our hunting cabin. Well of course no one hunts around the cabin, considering the amount of human activity that goes on there. But I took the program's advice and set up a stand so close to the cabin I could look in the windows. The first time I hunted that stand, here comes the oldest and biggest buck on the property, just ambling along in broad daylight. I shot him at 20 yards.
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#2004618 - 07/23/10 11:20 AM
Re: Undisturbed pockets?
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Many "pockets" can be where there is alot of human activity. That's how I killed one of my top bucks. I've told this story many times, but I was using the technique described above to locate "unhunted pockets" on my own property, and one of the areas the map highlighted was around our hunting cabin. Well of course no one hunts around the cabin, considering the amount of human activity that goes on there. But I took the program's advice and set up a stand so close to the cabin I could look in the windows. The first time I hunted that stand, here comes the oldest and biggest buck on the property, just ambling along in broad daylight. I shot him at 20 yards.
That story always amazes me.
Every year I plan to hunt in "new" locations. Then I end up back in the stands I enjoy hunting out of the most.
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