Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
06-11-2007, 01:01 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Todd County, Minnesota
Posts: 348
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Good if its a small food plot you are hunting, bad if all the neighbors have left it standing late into the season. It gives them more cover and allows the deer to spread out more. I know a few years ago we had a lot of rain and the farmers couldnt get their corn off before the gun season. The "harvest" numbers were way down in our area. It didnt bother me that much being a bow hunter though, just figured a few more bucks made it to next season. Also when the farmers harvest their corn it makes our small corn plots that much better.
06-11-2007, 01:01 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Like I said in buckeyes thread, when standing corn exists, the deer are in it and at times damn hard to get out. I've hunted corn all my life and prefer when the fields are beans although beans are hard to compete against. The reason I say this is because deer love corn, I've seen more and bigger bucks once the corn is cut or wasn't there to begin with. It's the best when they cut the corn prior to the end of my archery season although that rarely happens. Corn equals good if it's cut, bad if the deer never come out of it.
06-11-2007, 01:02 PM
#4
Join Date: Mar 2004
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RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Very, very good thing. It's the best bedding cover there is, though I'm no expert. I wish the corn around here was still standing come bow season, I would make a corn chute to a strategic spot.....But alas, it's all cut the first week or so of September. I've always wanted to still hunt standing corn on windy and/or rainy day too.
It's been my experience that corn draws deer as garbage does flies.
It's been my experience that corn draws deer as garbage does flies.
06-11-2007, 01:04 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 676
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
I'm hoping its good since the peninsula of ag land that juts into my woods has been planted corn instead of alfalfa for the first time in 4 years. I'm hoping they will move outside of it other than night time!
06-11-2007, 01:07 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,858
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Good question.....both good and bad. If the field is small enough, and/or if there is any easy/obvious setup at the entry/exit of the field, it is a good thing. If the field is too big and hard to huntthe entry/exit(s) (because of multiple entrys), then it is a bad thing to me. Corn usually means there will be deer around, so the corn usually means good deer hunting.
06-11-2007, 01:12 PM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
It matters from one location to another and even on the same land.
Example:
Standing corn in front of our farm, bad very bad for me
Standing corn in the back Oh yeah!! I have never been blanked with standing corn in the back, but the front has got me a couple times. Still working on how to hunt it the best.
reason is there isno way for me to get close to setup on them. In the back there are a pile of funnels I can hunt between the corn fields. + it holds the does back there.
Example:
Standing corn in front of our farm, bad very bad for me
Standing corn in the back Oh yeah!! I have never been blanked with standing corn in the back, but the front has got me a couple times. Still working on how to hunt it the best.
reason is there isno way for me to get close to setup on them. In the back there are a pile of funnels I can hunt between the corn fields. + it holds the does back there.
06-11-2007, 01:23 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Eastern Shore MD
Posts: 2,487
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Like I said in buckeyes thread, when standing corn exists, the deer are in it and at times damn hard to get out. I've hunted corn all my life and prefer when the fields are beans although beans are hard to compete against. The reason I say this is because deer love corn, I've seen more and bigger bucks once the corn is cut or wasn't there to begin with. It's the best when they cut the corn prior to the end of my archery season although that rarely happens. Corn equals good if it's cut, bad if the deer never come out of it.
Like I said in buckeyes thread, when standing corn exists, the deer are in it and at times damn hard to get out. I've hunted corn all my life and prefer when the fields are beans although beans are hard to compete against. The reason I say this is because deer love corn, I've seen more and bigger bucks once the corn is cut or wasn't there to begin with. It's the best when they cut the corn prior to the end of my archery season although that rarely happens. Corn equals good if it's cut, bad if the deer never come out of it.
06-11-2007, 01:23 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Beans and alfalfa are a huge draw in the summer months... Corn is the #1 draw during hunting season.
If I had it my way I would have corn on my hunting grounds every year.
Corn gives you many advantages...
With beans if you do not have access to the property other than thru the fields you are screwed in the mornings and cannot hunt the farm at all. In the evening as well you are running deer out of the bean fields no matter how stealthy you attempt to exit. Corn will conceal your movements and a lot of the noise that is unavoidable during the walk in / out.
I wrote more about this in my post if you have time check it out for more of my thoughts if you are interested.
If I had it my way I would have corn on my hunting grounds every year.
Corn gives you many advantages...
With beans if you do not have access to the property other than thru the fields you are screwed in the mornings and cannot hunt the farm at all. In the evening as well you are running deer out of the bean fields no matter how stealthy you attempt to exit. Corn will conceal your movements and a lot of the noise that is unavoidable during the walk in / out.
I wrote more about this in my post if you have time check it out for more of my thoughts if you are interested.
06-11-2007, 01:35 PM
#10
Dominant Buck
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: Standing corn.....Good or Bad?
Buckeye....I read your explanation on the other thread.....and I hope you didn't mind me bringing the discussion over here.
Your strategy is both pragmatic and a testament to positive thinking. In thinking about it.....the largest fields around me are likely less than 25 acres on one side of their bedding area......and 50 on the other. The thing is.....it was almost ALL beans, last year.....and will (naturally) be corn, this year. They have to eat, though....and I think for the most part.....they're not going to permanently change their bedding areas due to the food source.
I hope you're right! I only found the deer I hunt, last year....after a pitiful approach to '05. I hope they're still using the same funnels come Sept/Oct that they did last year.
Your strategy is both pragmatic and a testament to positive thinking. In thinking about it.....the largest fields around me are likely less than 25 acres on one side of their bedding area......and 50 on the other. The thing is.....it was almost ALL beans, last year.....and will (naturally) be corn, this year. They have to eat, though....and I think for the most part.....they're not going to permanently change their bedding areas due to the food source.
I hope you're right! I only found the deer I hunt, last year....after a pitiful approach to '05. I hope they're still using the same funnels come Sept/Oct that they did last year.