Trembow

Just for clarity sake, if an EPO or warden catches you "prepared to hunt" in the field outside of legal hunting hours, he/she CAN site you for it. You can get your day in court and hope that you get your truck, hunting priviliges and all your gear back later

mexhuntr

JUST USE NON SCENT THATS MY OPINION

kwilson16

Suggestion: Try to find a part time hunting partner with some successful experience. Exchange hunts on each others' propertyand let him (or her) take a look at what your doing. He'll be able to offer realtime advice that we can't.

NCYankee

Keep using the scent-control...it can't hurt, and it's good to have a routine (any routine) to follow. I agree with PSESilverhawk...you're too high up and being silhouetted. Also wear rubber boots. And finally, you need to move your set-up so you're on a trail leading to the corn, not over it. Deer are as smart as everyone says. Not an "intelligent" smart so much as a "nervous" smart, and we have become one of the predators that they are wariest of. Especially if you have lots of does around. I had an old man describe them as "170 lbs. of nerves on four legs" to me when I first started hunting.
Enjoy this great sport as often as you can, and when you finally arrow a deer it will be much more rewarding than dropping one from 200 yards away with a rifle!

wis_bow_huntr

Theres one major factor that is causing you not to see deer while on stand. You have your bait pile frequentlyactive. Deer, especially bucks may and will go noctornal if they know there is a great food source near by. Eliminate most of your bait. Baiting is a great management tool but it does no good if you have too much of it, the deer have become noctornal. Place 1-3 gallons out per week if needed. Personally I have noticed by not placing it directly in a pile but by scattering out the bait the deer are going to become less noctornal and are more likely to visit the bait while youre on stand. So here's some tips:

1:Less bait
2:Scatter the bait

Other than that it sounds as if youre doing everything else just fine. Look for natural funnles, this is also a main factor in seeing deer. This time of the year is the time to be making some funnles if needed, come next fall the deer may use the man made funnles. If you have any barbwire fences that are no longer used for keeping in catle, you can cut one or more of the wire ferncing off to create a natural funnle. I have done this on my property and you wouldnt believe what a difference that made. Good luck.