wisconsinteacher
5 year old buck +
My wife and I just purchased 80 acres. Up until now, we have bow hunted a local farm but are stepping into a new adventure. The land was clear cut 13 years ago except for the NW corner which is mature burr oaks and the swamp on the NE corner. We have road access on the north and east side. So far the farmer of the two ag fields said we could walk his land to access our land. He is the only one that hunts the fileds and that is during gun season. He sits in a big box blind on my SW corner and shoots out into the 2 fields. He says there is very little pressure and that he only shoots bucks. He said that he ususally sees 15-20 deer opening weekend and shoots a 13-15" 8 point most years. To his knowledge, we will be the only people bow hunting in the area.
On the map, I marked out the atv/logging road in red and the deer trails I have found so far in my walks on the land. I need to walk the SW corner more. The first time I walked the land was on December 3rd and we kicked deer out of the swamp and the oaks. The atv trail had a good number of rubs on it. Since, I have walked it 4 more times and still see beds and trails.
I marked potential stands in yellow based off my findings and trees in that area big enough for a stand.
In my scouting, I found beds in the SE corner, the oaks and between the swamp and atv trail.
My goal for the next year is to add a water source somewhere, a few mock scrapes, and maybe plant some kind of treees. (Red twig dogwoods in the swamp or soft mass somewhere.) I also hope to shoot a doe and get at least one decent buck on camera.
The land is located in NW WI a few miles from big timber to the east and more ag to the west.
I'm open to any ideas or thoughts.
Thanks
On the map, I marked out the atv/logging road in red and the deer trails I have found so far in my walks on the land. I need to walk the SW corner more. The first time I walked the land was on December 3rd and we kicked deer out of the swamp and the oaks. The atv trail had a good number of rubs on it. Since, I have walked it 4 more times and still see beds and trails.
I marked potential stands in yellow based off my findings and trees in that area big enough for a stand.
In my scouting, I found beds in the SE corner, the oaks and between the swamp and atv trail.
My goal for the next year is to add a water source somewhere, a few mock scrapes, and maybe plant some kind of treees. (Red twig dogwoods in the swamp or soft mass somewhere.) I also hope to shoot a doe and get at least one decent buck on camera.
The land is located in NW WI a few miles from big timber to the east and more ag to the west.
I'm open to any ideas or thoughts.
Thanks