Little help with afternoon hunt

[passthrough76]

I am going to try and slip out about 4 this afternoon, but I haven't had time to scout the place I'm hunting this year. I was wondering if I should hunt some oak trees or the open fields? Are the oak trees dropping already? Thanks in advance, this year snuck up on me!

 

[Grandslam11]

Id go for oaks. Mine have started dropping. The advantage to hunting the field would be seeing where deer are coming in/out. I think you would be more likely to kill around acorns if you havent scouted either yet.

 

[cbhunter]

I'd say the field edge myself, its still early and they are fairly predictable. with that being said, if you do find acorns with a bunch of sign, don't be afraid to hunt it. I myself am not one to scout for deer, I prefer not to walk all over the woods and fields stinking everything up. With that being said, I have also been hunting the same farms for 10-25 years and I know about all there is to know about how to hunt them. lol

 

[TNReb]

I would say it depends on what the fields are. If its a bean field, I'd skip it and go for the oaks. If it's just a field with grass, I'd hunt it. Both evenings that I hunted this week had the deer browsing in the field.

With that being said, if you don't have a real good idea where the deer will enter the field, I'd hunt the oaks.

 

[WRbowhunter]

Not knowing anything else I would walk the edge of the field looking for trails. Once I found one that worked with the wind would hopefully find a tree 20 or so yards inside the woods. Good luck

 

[Mike Belt]

I don't know how you can not scout oaks. I wouldn't hunt them not knowing whether or not they have mast. No mast and you're wasting your time. Right now you know if you have beans or corn.

 

[lightsareout]

sit where you you expect travel. The acorns are dropping in the Murfreesboro area.

 

[passthrough76]

I don't know how you can not scout oaks. I wouldn't hunt them not knowing whether or not they have mast. No mast and you're wasting your time. Right now you know if you have beans or corn.

Good point. However, I have hunted this spot for the past 10 years and every year there are acorns there. I just couldn't recall if they had fallen this early or not.