Ground Hunt w/ calling -- mobile or not?

[StickersNKickers]

Looking for experience/thoughts on whether to keep moving around or set up and sit in one spot for a day ground deer hunt, focusing on trying to call something in. I've read about people setting up in one spot, call for a bit, wait, then move on. Just wondering if anyone does that and if it's effective. Or should you just pick a good spot and sit the entire time? Obviously it could depend on the action (i.e. multiple deer coming in, just stay put). If staying mobile, how long would you give one spot?

 

[Forestryguy]

Call and wait a half hour then move. I would try to find places that have more sign and hang out there longer. Right now I would be traveling between doe bedding areas and feed. Go with minimal gear, so you can pick up and move in a hurry. If you see a good one moving off or on another ridge you can always try to cut him off. I am guessing that you either have a bunch of private or are hitting public.

 

[KnuckleDragr]

The rain tomorrow will be primo for this tactic. Like mentioned, hang out for half hour, then move. If you can work a creek system, all the better.

 

[StickersNKickers]

Private ground mostly (about 400 acres total) but do have some public nearby. Which brings up the question, how many set ups for a certain size of area? 1 per 40 ac? 1 per 80? Say if hunting a 160 ac farm? Will a couple of set ups pretty much cover it as far as having interested bucks (if even present) hear your calling and come in? How far would you move between set ups? Assuming mix of timber, timbered draws, CRP, hay ground, pasture.

 

[Forestryguy]

I have permission on an 80. I have pretty much figured the farm out of where deer are and are going. I base everything off of wind, and try to have some kind of setup for most winds. I have one spot that has two stands within 60 yds of each other and then a blind that is a hundred yds away. They are set for different winds. The stands that I think I will spend the most time in I leave a stand in. I keep one stand as a floater to hang in other spots that already are setup, minus the stand. This next year I am going to try and make some permanent blinds out of fallen trees and brush. They can stay in year round, low to no cost, and if they get destroyed I am not out much.

 

[StickersNKickers]

I have stands set up on the private ground, ready to go. I would like to do a floater stand with something light. I also have a couple brush blinds set up that I leave in place.

However, this year my hunting time has been more limited than in the past, and so I was thinking about changing up my hunting style to more ground hunting and moving around, making something happen in the short time frame I have. Also, most of my stands are set for morning/evening hunts, and I have more midday time this year. I tried a still hunt/spot and stalk, whatever you call it, without calling the other day, and I possibly could have been done in the first 45 minutes if the little 7 point had been older!