miff007
New Member
I searched some post this morning looking for observations and ideas, even posted a help post for ideas. I have not seen a field report started yet, so I will start one here..
Please post your update and add your observations. What have you seen, whats working, seen and Big Bucks during daylight cruising etc...I know I like to hear what others are seeing to help decide what to try next. I know I would appreciate the info and I think many others would as well!
Central Iowa 10/16/08
AM and PM
I always like to hear what guys are seeing it gives ideas to plan your next outing.We all have different schedules and vacation at different times. This year I am trying a new approach hunting the early MZ season. I have only made it out a 4 times now and am finally dialing into the deer patterns.
I have been hunting this week in the A.M. with little results..My spot has fresh cut beans and plenty of acorns in the timber and a switch-grass bedding area. On the morning hunts I assumed they were eating acorns in the timber..
This morning I saw 3 small bucks crusing on my way to hunt. I had 6 does/fawns at 5-10 yards and rattled in a 2.5 year old basket rack buck I was in timbered finger between beans and corn.
Good action dark through 8 AM and nothing after that...gave up at 11
Afternoon I did a P.M. hunt and found out my morning mistakes I was approaching my morning stands through the beans and avoiding the oak/acorn areas. Tonight the deer mingled in the timber browsing on misc. browse and munching acorns between 5PM and dark the deer flooded out of the timber and into the cut beans munching all of the pods missed by the combine.I had 18 deer in front of me most does and a couple of small bucks, all in range I was just waiting for a shooter to come out thinking all was safe since so many does were out.
I am sure that I was bumping all of the deer out of the moonlit bean fields feeding and only to see young ones during shooting hours.
Please post your update and add your observations. What have you seen, whats working, seen and Big Bucks during daylight cruising etc...I know I like to hear what others are seeing to help decide what to try next. I know I would appreciate the info and I think many others would as well!
Central Iowa 10/16/08
AM and PM
I always like to hear what guys are seeing it gives ideas to plan your next outing.We all have different schedules and vacation at different times. This year I am trying a new approach hunting the early MZ season. I have only made it out a 4 times now and am finally dialing into the deer patterns.
I have been hunting this week in the A.M. with little results..My spot has fresh cut beans and plenty of acorns in the timber and a switch-grass bedding area. On the morning hunts I assumed they were eating acorns in the timber..
This morning I saw 3 small bucks crusing on my way to hunt. I had 6 does/fawns at 5-10 yards and rattled in a 2.5 year old basket rack buck I was in timbered finger between beans and corn.
Good action dark through 8 AM and nothing after that...gave up at 11
Afternoon I did a P.M. hunt and found out my morning mistakes I was approaching my morning stands through the beans and avoiding the oak/acorn areas. Tonight the deer mingled in the timber browsing on misc. browse and munching acorns between 5PM and dark the deer flooded out of the timber and into the cut beans munching all of the pods missed by the combine.I had 18 deer in front of me most does and a couple of small bucks, all in range I was just waiting for a shooter to come out thinking all was safe since so many does were out.
I am sure that I was bumping all of the deer out of the moonlit bean fields feeding and only to see young ones during shooting hours.