greekfreak
5 year old buck +
Good morning guys, we’ve had this farm for quite some time now and I want to know what you all think. The two areas outlined in red are infested pine thickets (pines got a bore or disease) and are thicker than thick in some spots. I’d even say too thick. They get used for sure but at the same time you can follow the paths around them as if they were being avoided. Never find any sheds in them during shed season. Let alone beds. There’s two stand locations on this field. The hazard mark to the East are neighbors that are occasionally a hassle to hunt around. However, last year they were nowhere to be seen. The hazard mark to the south are some gun hunters that pop shots at 250+ yards. I’ve watched it. Never really kill anything and they don’t hunt anything but gun, and only when the weathers nice. The blue strip is tall natives and forbs I planted this year.
My questions:
1. I think I already know the answer to this but I’m thinking access to my stands are one of my problems. Maybe move one to the blue strip on the east side?
2. Has anyone experienced too thick? I know it sounds crazy but damn, it’s the great wall of thicket in those places.
3. is there anything I can do to improve the two pine flats?
BTW: this farm, when hunted on a west wind, with no southern neighbors being silly, you’ll see 30-40 deer if not more out of the tower blind.
My questions:
1. I think I already know the answer to this but I’m thinking access to my stands are one of my problems. Maybe move one to the blue strip on the east side?
2. Has anyone experienced too thick? I know it sounds crazy but damn, it’s the great wall of thicket in those places.
3. is there anything I can do to improve the two pine flats?
BTW: this farm, when hunted on a west wind, with no southern neighbors being silly, you’ll see 30-40 deer if not more out of the tower blind.