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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5021777" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Wes already knows this because we've discussed it many times, but all of the hunting on my place is done from ladder stands (we're all too old for climbers and lock-ons). We have a lot of ladder stands, and we try to move about 1/3 of them each year to new locations. Because I have all of the past hunting time logged into the GIS for the property, I can produce a spatial map of the hunting pressure applied over time. I usually create a "topo map" of hunting pressure applied over the last 3 years (basically, the adult lifetime of a 3 1/2 year-old buck). What I'm looking for is "holes" in our hunting pressure. Older bucks have an uncanny way of finding holes in hunting pressure and spending a majority of their daylight hours in these locations. Once I've identified the holes in our hunting pressure over the last three years, I examine each one for the best combination of terrain and habitat. Once I find those locations, we move as stand there, <u>regardless of existing sign</u>. As TheLBLman stated, often the best locations to ambush a mature buck show very little buck sign.</p><p></p><p>The interesting part of this process is that although about half of these new "hunting pressure hole" stand locations are complete busts, invariably the other half will be the hottest stands on the property that year. I produce a map of the stands on the property each year, with the stand markers color-coded to indicate how long the stand has been in that location. The other hunters have all figured this pattern of half of the new stand locations being the ultra-hot stands hence at the beginning of the season (which for us is opener of MZ season) it is a free-for-all race between the hunters to see who can be the first to hunt each of the new stands! Everyone understands old bucks will usually be seen/killed from these stands in the first 3 times they are hunted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5021777, member: 17"] Wes already knows this because we've discussed it many times, but all of the hunting on my place is done from ladder stands (we're all too old for climbers and lock-ons). We have a lot of ladder stands, and we try to move about 1/3 of them each year to new locations. Because I have all of the past hunting time logged into the GIS for the property, I can produce a spatial map of the hunting pressure applied over time. I usually create a "topo map" of hunting pressure applied over the last 3 years (basically, the adult lifetime of a 3 1/2 year-old buck). What I'm looking for is "holes" in our hunting pressure. Older bucks have an uncanny way of finding holes in hunting pressure and spending a majority of their daylight hours in these locations. Once I've identified the holes in our hunting pressure over the last three years, I examine each one for the best combination of terrain and habitat. Once I find those locations, we move as stand there, [U]regardless of existing sign[/U]. As TheLBLman stated, often the best locations to ambush a mature buck show very little buck sign. The interesting part of this process is that although about half of these new "hunting pressure hole" stand locations are complete busts, invariably the other half will be the hottest stands on the property that year. I produce a map of the stands on the property each year, with the stand markers color-coded to indicate how long the stand has been in that location. The other hunters have all figured this pattern of half of the new stand locations being the ultra-hot stands hence at the beginning of the season (which for us is opener of MZ season) it is a free-for-all race between the hunters to see who can be the first to hunt each of the new stands! Everyone understands old bucks will usually be seen/killed from these stands in the first 3 times they are hunted. [/QUOTE]
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