First attempt to read a topo on new land
09-05-2008, 11:19 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Oklahoma
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
Jeff,
Have you checked the creek for crossings? It looks like there would be a good one where the draw runs north toward the beanfield. If so, I'd hang a stand there.
Have you checked the creek for crossings? It looks like there would be a good one where the draw runs north toward the beanfield. If so, I'd hang a stand there.
09-05-2008, 01:02 PM
#15
Dominant Buck
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
Gri22:
For where "I" am in the game (reading topos)......I certainly appreciate the exercise. I just went through it in about 5 minutes....and the stands I have located (having never seen the aerial) are what "I" think would be the top 10.
I'm gonna study this more over the weekend (tonight/tomorrow) and I'll post again with a possible amended version. I wanted to show my initial version to see if the right things were jumping out at me.
For the record....I stayed awayf rom the lookout tower....ONLY because I didn't know if it was routinely manned.
Thanks, again.
For where "I" am in the game (reading topos)......I certainly appreciate the exercise. I just went through it in about 5 minutes....and the stands I have located (having never seen the aerial) are what "I" think would be the top 10.
I'm gonna study this more over the weekend (tonight/tomorrow) and I'll post again with a possible amended version. I wanted to show my initial version to see if the right things were jumping out at me.
For the record....I stayed awayf rom the lookout tower....ONLY because I didn't know if it was routinely manned.
Thanks, again.
09-05-2008, 01:11 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West Ky.
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
Ok, I will post or PM you the key when ever you won't. You do have the right idea.
I have to leave in a min.
The aerial shows nothing, it's all big mature hard woods.
I have to leave in a min.
The aerial shows nothing, it's all big mature hard woods.
09-05-2008, 01:29 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
Just ride the train...
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Need a glassing buddy?
[8D]
It's thick as thieves in that spot, too. I need to get up there some evening next week to glass the areas. I can park at that old house (N on map and just below the grass designation)....and there's a tree or two in that hedgerow (S of your northernmost stand site and by the road) I can likely climb to spot from. I'll probably get pinned down, though.
09-05-2008, 06:07 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
The one spot that jumps out at me I marked with a red dot. That looks like a place I would hunt during the rut. Looks like a couple of spots I hunt that the bucks like to corner the does in and bed down with them till they are ready. Specially if that grass is tall and weedy. I bet there are beds in that ditch right now. Get in there real early when the bucks are chasin hard and you might see a parade.
The blue spots are just funnels and likely ambush spots on trails.
The blue spots are just funnels and likely ambush spots on trails.
09-05-2008, 06:54 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa (Heartland USA)
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RE: First attempt to read a topo on new land
The yellow circles with dots in them is where I would concentrate. The lower one looks like there is a fence line between the beans and grass and there are several ravines to the east and south of there. Natural for deer to follow on their way to the beans. The upper one is a good vantage point for watching the North and West.
