Favorite stand location?

Wondering where you guys like to set-up in the fall for a good ambush?

Personally I think nothing beats an oak ridge leading to a field!

Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.



What I meant to say is I have never hunted in a stand, and have nevwer hunted whitetail in the east, so I would sound silly posting on this subject. Sorry Brad.

Q!! wrote:Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.

I know you dont use treestands.


Just modify your reply.

Personally i have a fetish for hunting over creeks bc where there is creeks you ALWAYS have fertile ground which produces PLENTY of oaks and other foods sources near by, OOOO yea dont forget WATER ALSO.........bc down here is louisiana it is HOTTTTTT!!!!!!

Most of where I hunt on state land doesn't have crops within a few miles, so the deer behave differently than in some areas. Furthermore, you don't have much terrain, so the deer just go EVERYWHERE. I try to key on old rub lines and match those against the heavily used trails and set up where I can ideally hit those trails and have a good shot toward rub lines... after that, I pray. Typically in the early season I'll try to take a doe (since that is what I see mostly), and once the rut heats up, I have better chances at bucks.

I also try to see where the deer enter the field at the farm, and set up based on what I'm seeing. We also have a decent rub line in the fencerow, so I plan on setting up a morning stand to intercept the bucks traveling that corridor.

Illustrator wrote:Most of where I hunt on state land doesn't have crops within a few miles, so the deer behave differently than in some areas. Furthermore, you don't have much terrain, so the deer just go EVERYWHERE. I try to key on old rub lines and match those against the heavily used trails and set up where I can ideally hit those trails and have a good shot toward rub lines... after that, I pray. Typically in the early season I'll try to take a doe (since that is what I see mostly), and once the rut heats up, I have better chances at bucks.

I also try to see where the deer enter the field at the farm, and set up based on what I'm seeing. We also have a decent rub line in the fencerow, so I plan on setting up a morning stand to intercept the bucks traveling that corridor.

Good plan.

I'll let you know how good come mid-November

I'm just hoping to take something with at least 4 points on one side. I've seen em around, just never been able to put one on the ground. I had a NICE 8 come in at about 12 yards last year... stayed bhind the bruch the whole time. Following 4 does... Coulda shot the big doe sooo many times, but dammit, I wanted that buck! Learned a lesson about being greedy, I did...

archer1983 wrote:

Q!! wrote:Ummmmmmmm, I wouldn't know.

I know you dont use treestands.


Just modify your reply.

Modify my reply?????????? Why?????

ground blind 5 yards from the feeder!

Q, a stand doesnt have to mean 20 feet up in a tree.....is there somewhere else you like to hunt even if its from the ground?

Sorry if I offended you guys that hunt in a stand if I did. I was just simply stating I did not know about stand locations. I edited my above post so as to please Brad.

maclss1 wrote:ground blind 5 yards from the feeder!

there you go.
perfect for a shot IDF.

Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

Illustrator wrote:Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

now you know he is going to say they are huge over there, only cuz he's like 2ft tall.

Illustrator wrote:Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

I am just as experinced as mark is, you boys have seen deer on a constant basis, it took me a while to even find deer, 2 years to get my first buck, I hate but was succesfull out of a tree stand, i like walking trying to spot & stalk, proble has been I have never seen any deer with this approach.

i saw a decent buck 2 x 2 for the area where I hunt, seeing hte racks that you guys have displayed makes me jealous, weight wise,they are ok.
now the biggest deer that has come out of the area that I hunt in was a 3 x 3, and nowhere near the racks that you guys have displayed in pics.
that just means that.
a: we suck at hunting.
b: the area that I hunt in (san dimas) is not that great.

there are better areas with nice & bigger deer, but they are 3-4 hrs away, VS 20 mins.

here is a cropped pic of my buck after I started dragging it back,,you can almost see the bamby collar

maclss1 wrote:

Illustrator wrote:Juan, what kind of setup do you have? Ground blind? hang-on? Having lived there, but never hunted, I'd like to see pics of your area and what your approach is. Also, do you see a lot of deer? How big are the bucks there, weight-wise?

now you know he is going to say they are huge over there, only cuz he's like 2ft tall.

LMAO. .

yes, they are huge to me.

Juan, I got a doe my first year and a 3 point buck my second year bowhunting. Third year I got a doe and last year... nothing with the bow

That buck I got was pretty big... 1 1/2 years old and probably 180 pounds live weight...

Best buck I've gotten was my first deer ever, and that was a 5 point with a 10" inside spread (with my shotgun... 160 yards, baby!). Nice for a 1 1/2 year old, but nothing to write home about according to the trophy hounds.

However, be proud of what you got! A deer with a bow is a trophy, no matter the size.

man, i wish i had pics of my axis buck that i shot with my recurve, it was my first "big game" kill....

the only thing i have shot with my new bow were those hogs...

but yes, any animal shot with a bow is a trophy, unless you used feeders and hunted behind a HF.

maclss1 wrote:man, i wish i had pics of my axis buck that i shot with my recurve, it was my first "big game" kill....

the only thing i have shot with my new bow were those hogs...

but yes, any animal shot with a bow is a trophy, unless you used feeders and hunted behind a HF.

that would be cool, esp. if it was 86 yards.





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maclss1 wrote:man, i wish i had pics of my axis buck that i shot with my recurve, it was my first "big game" kill....

the only thing i have shot with my new bow were those hogs...

but yes, any animal shot with a bow is a trophy, unless you used feeders and hunted behind a HF.

MAn we think unlike hunting in a high fence IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNETHICAL!!!!! who in ther right mind would do that, surley not any of us!!!!!!...................I mean a high fence is like shooting a deer on a leash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT i wish i hat the luxury of hunting a high fence bc trust me my AZZZZZZZZZZZ would DO IT!!!!!!!!

Illustrator wrote:Juan, I got a doe my first year and a 3 point buck my second year bowhunting. Third year I got a doe and last year... nothing with the bow

That buck I got was pretty big... 1 1/2 years old and probably 180 pounds live weight...

Best buck I've gotten was my first deer ever, and that was a 5 point with a 10" inside spread (with my shotgun... 160 yards, baby!). Nice for a 1 1/2 year old, but nothing to write home about according to the trophy hounds.

However, be proud of what you got! A deer with a bow is a trophy, no matter the size.

I know sweet cheeks, what i kind of mean is that you guys see deer all the time, I dont, at least not where i have been going to hunt, i need to find better spots thats for sure.

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I know sweet cheeks, what i kind of mean is that you guys see deer all the time, I dont, at least not where i have been going to hunt, i need to find better spots thats for sure.[/quote]





What happened to the "gayban"? Referring to another guy as sweet cheeks is offensive to my super-heteroness.

Location is always the key to good hunting, if you have a good spot you should have good success. But there's only so much you can do if you're hunting marginal ground.

LOL, and you fell for that?

wait, aprils fools was yesterday ,,hhha.

jkcerda wrote:

Illustrator wrote:Juan, I got a doe my first year and a 3 point buck my second year bowhunting. Third year I got a doe and last year... nothing with the bow

That buck I got was pretty big... 1 1/2 years old and probably 180 pounds live weight...

Best buck I've gotten was my first deer ever, and that was a 5 point with a 10" inside spread (with my shotgun... 160 yards, baby!). Nice for a 1 1/2 year old, but nothing to write home about according to the trophy hounds.

However, be proud of what you got! A deer with a bow is a trophy, no matter the size.

I know sweet cheeks, what i kind of mean is that you guys see deer all the time, I dont, at least not where i have been going to hunt, i need to find better spots thats for sure.

I was unaware there were even deer in California....

I thought hunting was outlawed there.

I couldnt live there I would kill those freaking tree huggers.

I have one spot that I really like. It's in an Oak tree in a small pothole that sits out along one edge of an over grown CRP field, half way between a good bedding area and an orchard. This field is hilly and covered with high grasses and weeds and the deer will travel through it at all hours of the day because they are well hidden. The good part is I own it and since buying it a couple years ago I have taken three good bucks from that same tree.