Alright guys I’ve been hunting mn this entire season and these deer are dumbfounding me. I’m not used to this tree stand stuff since I normally hunt sd. Any tips you guys got for how to flush the little buggers out of hiding?
Find pinch points between bedding areas and food…then SIT STILL!!! Dont bother flushing them out, let them come to you, much safer! 
Go back to SD where there are more big deer, haha. I love SD.
Chris,
I’d love to give you some advice, but as SD hunter, these woods kick my butt. I’m pretty well lost over here. I try to dissect plots of land and look for pinch points between food and bedding areas. I’ve got a lot to learn.
Good luck!
Now the season is open and deer are on the red alert they are very nervous and nocturnal depending on your area and pressure. Sometimes I find sucess out in the open instead of the woods. Fence lines that connect areas are good,grassy sloughs,abandoned building sites or if your lucky to find big bales in a picked cornfield I sit against one and have had deer walk right by you with confidence. Good luck
I’m probably much more analytical than most when it comes to dissecting woods and water. But the simple answer is really understanding the food source, bedding area, and how they travel in-between. Here is a pic of a section of my farm. From working the land all year, i keep up on the changing travel routes and bedding areas under different conditions and wind direction. As mentioned, pressure will change their habits in a matter of a day or two, forcing them to become more nocturnal. At that point, it a patience game of being in the right spot when a buck makes a mistake. Its common for me to see deer on opening weekend all day long moving amongst their bedding area. By day three, I’m hard pressed to see a deer. Ironically, the biggest bucks I have shot over the last 20 years of having my farm has been late-mid week. More times than not, I get them with their head down sneaking through some really concealed travel routes early morning.
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