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muddy

muddy

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So I just figured out about an unpicked cornfield a 1/2 mile from where I've been hunting. Its sort of hidden by a tree line and now that the leaves are gone I am just noticing it. Anyway, the bedding areas are 3/4 mile away and I've been concentrating on the transition areas. I am looking for any opinions @ this point, should I bump up closer to the field for an all day sit or what? There is a great treeline connecting the field to the main bedding timber so I was going to start in this funnel. Problem is that the deer are obviously bedding in the corn and @ this stage of the rut the does are in weird places.

I guess I rambling, anyone been hunting near unpicked fields? Any suggestions on staying close to it or back off of it?
 
Beats me...I am dealing with over 100 acres of standing corn and over 100 acres of Native prairie grass. I need a combine and a match to make to find the right spot to sit.

I am hunting all around the farm and just can't seem to find the does. Late ML/bow season should be fun though
 
I had the same problem finding does until my neighbor combined his last 35 acres....that night between my partner and me we saw almost 20 different does and yearlings. I really couldn't believe what we saw (last thursday)
 
Buddy of mine just shot a nice 10 in a funnel next to a standing cornfield. I hunted that same stand a few days earlier and had a shooter buck in range also. We didn't have to bump the corn to get in there however, the field was behind the stand. Not sure what you're facing to get in there.
 
I'm at a total loss right now...Every single field within a mile of where I hunt is still in. I know i'm in a good spot as i'm in the transition areas but all i'm seeing are small spike bucks or yearling does. Since the beginning of the season, i've only even seen one mature doe and she was being chased by a good 2 1/2 year old buck. Just don't wanna take him. Looks like it will be late season hunting for me...
 
I kicked a nice buck and two does out of a strip of corn with the combine yesterday. They just ran into another strip of corn. When I got my wagons full about a hour later i grabbed my bow and stalked that corn. By then they were out into, you guessed it, another big field of corn. It's really going to be tough from here on out.
 
I shot my buck along side a standing corn field. The does were going in and out of it pretty regular. I would say get as close to the corn as you can. Mature deer feel real comfortable traveling around standing corn. The deer can be harder to see with all the standing corn but they are there and you can bet its only a matter of time before a big one comes cruising the edge to scent check for some does. The corn also makes the deer harder to find for the poachers shooting off the road. So the corn is a double edged sword. Hard to see the deer but also hard for the poachers to see the deer. Hang in there and it will pay big dividends.
 
Stick tight to the down wind side of the standing corn. I've got a stand on a fence row that seperates standing corn and beans. I shot a 164" 10pt last week from this stand and my buddy is seeing several bucks doing the same thing from this stand. They're walking down the bean side of the fence down wind of the standing corn scent checking for the ladies.

Good hunting
 
The buck I shot was walking along a tree line that funnels to a bigger section of woods, at the time there was standing corn on both sides of the tree line. If your not getting any action where you are I'd probably move in closer.
 
I hunted a field tonight that was just picked yesterday...best hunting I have had all year. I would get on the down wind side of that corn...if possible. They will come cruising trying to wind what is in the corn.
 
The buck I shot this year was at a "T" intersection of standing corn, timber, and a picked bean field. They were in the timber/corn for cover and coming to the bean field to feed....saw lots of deer in the corn though that never did come out... In corn they have food and cover but they'd have to leave for water sometime wouldn't they? Maybe glass it for a day and try to see where they leave/enter the corn. Then figure out how to get yourself setup at that spot. I'm a beginner at this but this is just my thoughts...
 
The farm I live on and hunt was all beans this year but the neighbor east of me is corn, mostly still standing. I have seen plenty of bucks and does while hunting the edges of the beans for the last month. Saturday afternoon I watched a decent buck working scrapes about three, and had another decent one come by following a doe about 4:15. I hunted the edge of the property bordering the corn three times, the first I had a doe come by early and then another with a 150 following her, they were leaving the corn field. The other two times I hunted there i saw nothing. The rain this week may help the hunters dealing with corn, deer do not like wet standing corn.
 
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