Favorite stand location?

Wondering where you guys like to set-up in the fall for a good ambush?

Personally I think nothing beats an oak ridge leading to a field!

Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.



What I meant to say is I have never hunted in a stand, and have nevwer hunted whitetail in the east, so I would sound silly posting on this subject. Sorry Brad.

Q!! wrote:Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.

I know you dont use treestands.


Just modify your reply.

Personally i have a fetish for hunting over creeks bc where there is creeks you ALWAYS have fertile ground which produces PLENTY of oaks and other foods sources near by, OOOO yea dont forget WATER ALSO.........bc down here is louisiana it is HOTTTTTT!!!!!!

Most of where I hunt on state land doesn't have crops within a few miles, so the deer behave differently than in some areas. Furthermore, you don't have much terrain, so the deer just go EVERYWHERE. I try to key on old rub lines and match those against the heavily used trails and set up where I can ideally hit those trails and have a good shot toward rub lines... after that, I pray. Typically in the early season I'll try to take a doe (since that is what I see mostly), and once the rut heats up, I have better chances at bucks.

I also try to see where the deer enter the field at the farm, and set up based on what I'm seeing. We also have a decent rub line in the fencerow, so I plan on setting up a morning stand to intercept the bucks traveling that corridor.

Illustrator wrote:Most of where I hunt on state land doesn't have crops within a few miles, so the deer behave differently than in some areas. Furthermore, you don't have much terrain, so the deer just go EVERYWHERE. I try to key on old rub lines and match those against the heavily used trails and set up where I can ideally hit those trails and have a good shot toward rub lines... after that, I pray. Typically in the early season I'll try to take a doe (since that is what I see mostly), and once the rut heats up, I have better chances at bucks.

I also try to see where the deer enter the field at the farm, and set up based on what I'm seeing. We also have a decent rub line in the fencerow, so I plan on setting up a morning stand to intercept the bucks traveling that corridor.

Good plan.

I'll let you know how good come mid-November

I'm just hoping to take something with at least 4 points on one side. I've seen em around, just never been able to put one on the ground. I had a NICE 8 come in at about 12 yards last year... stayed bhind the bruch the whole time. Following 4 does... Coulda shot the big doe sooo many times, but dammit, I wanted that buck! Learned a lesson about being greedy, I did...

archer1983 wrote:

Q!! wrote:Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.

I know you dont use treestands.


Just modify your reply.

Modify my reply?????????? Why?????

ground blind 5 yards from the feeder!

Q, a stand doesnt have to mean 20 feet up in a tree.....is there somewhere else you like to hunt even if its from the ground?

Sorry if I offended you guys that hunt in a stand if I did. I was just simply stating I did not know about stand locations. I edited my above post so as to please Brad.

maclss1 wrote:ground blind 5 yards from the feeder!

there you go.
perfect for a shot IDF.

Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

Illustrator wrote:Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

now you know he is going to say they are huge over there, only cuz he's like 2ft tall.

Illustrator wrote:Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

I am just as experinced as mark is, you boys have seen deer on a constant basis, it took me a while to even find deer, 2 years to get my first buck, I hate but was succesfull out of a tree stand, i like walking trying to spot & stalk, proble has been I have never seen any deer with this approach.

i saw a decent buck 2 x 2 for the area where I hunt, seeing hte racks that you guys have displayed makes me jealous, weight wise,they are ok.
now the biggest deer that has come out of the area that I hunt in was a 3 x 3, and nowhere near the racks that you guys have displayed in pics.
that just means that.
a: we suck at hunting.
b: the area that I hunt in (san dimas) is not that great.

there are better areas with nice & bigger deer, but they are 3-4 hrs away, VS 20 mins.

here is a cropped pic of my buck after I started dragging it back,,you can almost see the bamby collar