GMMAT

Here's a better view

green are possible stands (the ones we spoke of, above). White is entry.

Wind is NNE

GMMAT

ron....

If I had a southerly wind....I'd sit there, tonight. I KNOW they use that spot. I see them coing into that field in the evenings. Chris is right, though. I take the chance of smelling up that entire woodlot if I pick the wrong night for a buck to use THAT entry point into the field.

You are right, though.....it is a GREAT spot that I will hunt.

Thank you.

gri22ly

A 10 MPH NNE wind would have me hunting in one of these spots, If I were hunting the oaks.

ron3775

Jeff,
So I see that you took two doe yesterday. Congrats. Can you give us an AAR (after action review). Did you use this property and if so where did you set up? What where the conditions? Where did the deer come from? Sorry to be asking these questions, just curious.

gri22ly

Yes that would be cool, where at and where did they come from?

GMMAT

Thanks for asking guys....and I'll be happy to give you a recap. I also learned something about the woods, there, yesterday.

Here's the skinny.....

The arrows show the direction the deer traveled. At 5:20....the first doe made her way right down the ridge in front of me. I shot her at 5:33....and she went down at the southernmost brown dot. At 6:15....I saw an unidentifiable deer going up the ridge to my NW. I never saw that deer, again.

At 7:10......the big doe, the yearling and a fawn came in from my slight NW.....on the opposite side of the creek.....upwind of me. An additional fawn came in from "my" side of the creek....downwind of me. She was the problem....or I'd have taken out the VERY large (for here) big doe.

The yearling doe bolted (when I shot her) to the west....and was recovered, this morning, at the westerly brown dot. I drug the downed doe out on the line to the south......the black line....so as not to disturb the second doe I'd shot. I guess I did the right thing....but I contemplated exiting without recovering the downed doe.....by going due SE. It all worked out. Thank God.

GMMAT

Almost forgot....

I found a COOL old logging road, last night....that runs from the bottom all the way up to the road.....about 3/4mi. to the SE. It runs along this path. (See red line)

I KNOW they must be using this to travel this ridge to the west. I know I would....as hilly as that terrain is. I also got access from the SW from a landowner (actually a homeowner) that let me drag the doe out at their home. They saved me a TON of dragging....and a LOT of scenting up my area.

Sooner State Hunter

If you've ever read the book about hunting terrain features, you'd be salivating - you've got lots of options there. saddle, field pinch point,nice wooded draws that come up to the field, etc. Tricky part will be playing the wind.

ron3775

Thank you Jeff, and once again congrats!

gri22ly

Thanks for the recap Jeff, thats good stuff. It also makes things a little clearer. Thanks again.