"Too many locations"?
04-27-2008, 12:05 AM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ND
Posts: 1,627
RE: "Too many locations"?
ORIGINAL: buckeye
In myexperiences once you start hitting new spots, it get's into your blood and moving around will become part of you.
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[/align]Learning new ground will help you learnimmensely as deer on different tracks utilize their cover differently. Things you learned to be truewhere you currently hunt..... Some will hold true whileother things will surprise you.Nothing like taking a nice whitetail on land that is new to you.
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In myexperiences once you start hitting new spots, it get's into your blood and moving around will become part of you.
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[/align]Learning new ground will help you learnimmensely as deer on different tracks utilize their cover differently. Things you learned to be truewhere you currently hunt..... Some will hold true whileother things will surprise you.Nothing like taking a nice whitetail on land that is new to you.
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Tim
04-27-2008, 11:39 AM
#33
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 899
RE: "Too many locations"?
IMO, you never diminish your shot at killing a deer, you only diminish killing them at a certain location.
The wind is IMO the most important hunting tool. I want as many stands for every wind as I can.
The wind is IMO the most important hunting tool. I want as many stands for every wind as I can.
04-27-2008, 12:40 PM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,139
RE: "Too many locations"?
Jeff, when I was just starting out bow hunting I went thru many different properties for various reasons. At the time I thought that it was a curse. I would just get to learning a piece then I would have to start all over. Looking back now I realize it was really a blessing. It forced me to learn to read new areas and my learning curve went up faster then others who only knew how to hunt their woods. As long as you don't second guess yourself, having more options is a great thing. As you grow, your success may dip slightly but in the end it will pay off. I love getting up in the dark, going out and checking the wind, then as I'm eating breakfast going thru all the possible stand locations I could hunt then picking one.
One more thing: I have spots that I won't hunt until the rut hits. I stay out. period. Your old honey hole may be a spot to do that. With other options you could do that now.
One more thing: I have spots that I won't hunt until the rut hits. I stay out. period. Your old honey hole may be a spot to do that. With other options you could do that now.
04-27-2008, 12:42 PM
#35
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: "Too many locations"?
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
Jeff, when I was just starting out bow hunting I went thru many different properties for various reasons. At the time I thought that it was a curse. I would just get to learning a piece then I would have to start all over. Looking back now I realize it was really a blessing. It forced me to learn to read new areas and my learning curve went up faster then others who only knew how to hunt their woods. As long as you don't second guess yourself, having more options is a great thing. As you grow, your success may dip slightly but in the end it will pay off. I love getting up in the dark, going out and checking the wind, then as I'm eating breakfast going thru all the possible stand locations I could hunt then picking one.
One more thing: I have spots that I won't hunt until the rut hits. I stay out. period. Your old honey hole may be a spot to do that. With other options you could do that now.
Jeff, when I was just starting out bow hunting I went thru many different properties for various reasons. At the time I thought that it was a curse. I would just get to learning a piece then I would have to start all over. Looking back now I realize it was really a blessing. It forced me to learn to read new areas and my learning curve went up faster then others who only knew how to hunt their woods. As long as you don't second guess yourself, having more options is a great thing. As you grow, your success may dip slightly but in the end it will pay off. I love getting up in the dark, going out and checking the wind, then as I'm eating breakfast going thru all the possible stand locations I could hunt then picking one.
One more thing: I have spots that I won't hunt until the rut hits. I stay out. period. Your old honey hole may be a spot to do that. With other options you could do that now.
04-27-2008, 12:45 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West Ky.
Posts: 1,161
RE: "Too many locations"?
ORIGINAL: ICALL2MUCH
IMO, you never diminish your shot at killing a deer, you only diminish killing them at a certain location.
The wind is IMO the most important hunting tool. I want as many stands for every wind as I can.
IMO, you never diminish your shot at killing a deer, you only diminish killing them at a certain location.
The wind is IMO the most important hunting tool. I want as many stands for every wind as I can.
04-27-2008, 06:51 PM
#37
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location:
Posts: 509
RE: "Too many locations"?
I think you can have too many locations, but never enough stands. In the past, I've scouted some big parcels of land, came up with several locations, and had little success. Inow concentrate on fewer areas, with more stand sites in those areas, to play the wind. It's worked for me. It is nice to have options though, that's for sure. I agree with some others that over the years, you can really learn the lay of the land no matter how big it is.
04-27-2008, 09:46 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,193
RE: "Too many locations"?
I bet the public land hunters are hot over this post....but I still understand your frustration...I tend to follow the wind...and my instinct on where to hunt...If I get really flustered I stick my best buddy in my alternate stand....or put out a trail cam 
good post GMMAT.
good post GMMAT.
04-27-2008, 09:59 PM
#40
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 6,575
RE: "Too many locations"?
I hunt some quality land, and have kinda permanent setups....many stands.....though this year I plan to scout more, and throughout the season, and move stands to hotter new spots if called for, so I may also have too many spots......but I think this year im going to really taylor and move those spots if sign suggests a reason to move. but if those spots continue to be in good locations, why move em.