New Hunting Spot Help

Hey everyone I just picked up 1 more place to hunt this year its not to big but there is plenty of deer tracks and trails everywhere the field in the middle is beans there is a creek that runs threw the property you can see it on the right of the picture the area inside the blue is where I can Hunt. I am asking for any tips on stand placement im thinking im only going to put or 2 or 3 so any spots that look like they stand out to some of you guys would be great to know as I am still new to bow hunting. thx

Glass…. Glass…. Glass. Let the deer dictate where you will hunt. Pinch points, inside corners, & prevailing winds. I love hunting new spots

beans are great they will be on them right now up through part of October. Once the beans turn yellow they wont be ther as much. Except for in late season when the snow is on the ground. Early season I like food source travel routes to an from bedding areas, to the food source. ACORNS should i say it again ACORNS. they are a great food source. Especialy the white oaks. Bucks will be hitting this (acorns) hard to put on fat and protien for the rut. I would look for a tight pinch point through a creek crossing were they have to travel during the rut. Deer are like humans the take the easiest route to travel. Unless they are pressured. If you can I would glass the area to see were the deer are coming out. This close to the season you dont want to do much running around in ther house. what im saying is hang a stand on a trvel route or on field edge to see were an why ther coming form an area. Then make stand adjustments. I would do it on a nasty rainy day when the deer should be beded tight. High winds will put deer down. This is a great day to move a stand. Also scent control. Yup still do it even putting stands up. I cant express enough on scent control, It is an can be a major factor on harvesting a buck of a life time. Enough rambling on by me. Get out ther an make it happen.

Yep, what they said above.

Sometimes you are way more ahead when you have a new spot to sit back and glass an area. Rather then just going in, setting a stand and hunting an area. It is hard to do, but if you can not scout this area before season I would take the first night and glass/scout an area and see where they are coming out to the field. Then make a move the next afternoon and go hang some stands that work with the wind and what you observed.

Thanks for the tips everyone I cant wait to get out there. as I am still looking for my first buck with a bow.

is that a rock quarry??

Any chance of having another picture that shows more of what’s connected, this way a person can look at possible travels areas as far as feeding zones bedding areas as well as natural travel and escape routes when pressured.

It’s always exciting to pick up a new piece of property and I have seen very small parcels that most would not have interest in actually be sanctuaries for monster bucks!

Yes it is a sand/rock quarry anyways I will post a better picture tonight there is another wooded area that is a little big bigger that is on the other side of the highway otherwise the whole area is not huge or anything there are some massive tracks in some of the areas I have scouted. As far as the land owner knows it has never been hunted before as it looks as if it is only a sand quarry when you drive by

Sounds like a Honey Hole to me.

Congrats!

It sounds too me like you could probably hunt the fence next to the sand plant and do good. Theres a creek here by where I live and its similar to whats in your picture. You can go out right now and look for last years scrapes, the better ones will still show as bare spots on the ground, how can you tell if thier actually scrapes, there will be a licking branch above them if they haven’t fallen. Look for any licking branches from last year. Alot of times the bucks don’t completely chew them off and they hang there for a few years, they purposely let them hang as a scent wick for the other bucks. Id bet theres atleast a halfdozen scrapes on the ground from last year just on the field perimiter.

Depending on whats on the other side, opposite the creek bottom the creek bottom side looks great. Usually when they plant beans they have planted corn the year befor and they rotate for nitrogen purposes, beans are full of nitrogen. That alternateing pattern keeps deer coming back down the same trails from the same watering areas. One year thier feeding on corn leaves and the next thier in the beans. The creek side does look like a honeyhole and Id bet if your seeing tracks now theres some well worn trails that have been used for (year after year) coming from the creek to the field. Look for those nicer trails on the creekbottom side and set your stand about 20 yrds off to the side where the wind is blowing to. If the winds usually out of the west then set your stand on the east side of the trail so the deer don’t wind you coming or going to water. Nice spot and Id hunt it! Hey Tony the beans are starting to turn yellow and brown down this way already and all within the last week, thats early for here.