Lazy bucks

[jason]

I've heard many of times that an old buck is fairly lazy, well except for rut! But they mostly choose to take easy paths that aren't a hassle to walk through. But I know thats not the case when they are being pressured.
I talked to the farmer who farms the field where I hunt, and they are going to plow the field in early november is weather corroperates. I saw a lot of deer in this field last year when it was beans. I was wondering since it's going to be chiseled plowed if the bucks are going to care to walk through the deep ruts just to snack on a few ears of corn. I'm waiting to hear what all of you think before I hang a tree stand up on the edge of the field.
Good hunting

Jason

 

[BW]

I don't know about lazy bucks, I know a few lazy hunters.

I can only comment on my experiences. Open fields are not my favorite places to hunt for nice bucks unless I'm decoying, hunting a funnel or key fenceline between cover. Deer many times take the path of least resistance but I have never seen too many obstacles keep a deer from going where it wanted to.
My philosophy on open fields is, see 10 nice bucks get 1 shot. Get off the fields 100 yards see 10 nice bucks get 5 shots. Just my opinion. Have fun hunting, that is main thing.

 

[Shredder]

Hey Jason, there is an article on this sort of big buck behavior in the latest deer and deer hunting magazine called "The Path of Least Resistance" by Gary Clancy. It has some valid points but I have at least 20 stands up and only two on a fields edge. I just have better luck in staging areas and travel corridors this early in the game

 

[NWBuck]

Jason,

My experience has been that chisel plowing is the kiss of death to a field. Around here a picked cornfield with the stalks left will hold a bunch of deer come November, but a chisel plowed field will be used much less because there is little food and it's very tough to walk through. I'd follow the advice of the others and find a promising spot back in the timber.

NWBuck

 

[deadeye]

Agreed with last post. Also usually they hit the fields at dark and you are stuck in your stand. Get to the trail they use to get to the field and go in a ways and you may see them a half hour before dark milling around.