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Thanks guys for the advice. The east side of the field had a generous amount of volunteer corn, which borders a water hole. however most of the deer we have seen have been up in the west side. Hoping to get the stand up in the next couple weeks.
gonna try putting a camera in the west side of the field with some rolled corn, if i get a couple pictures ill post them up in this thread
Fr winter feed, get 4 round bales of alphalfa hay(buy the fully wrapped ones to keep the rain and snow out) starting in December unwrap one bale each month. Deer will travel a long distance for the sweet smell of alphalpha .
standup if you want an attractor crop leave a field of soybeans and then watch it fill up with deer no jokinQuote:
Originally Posted by standup
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I am equally stumped... I've scouted soy bean fields and seen very little deer activity. Case in point was this past controlled hunt, standing soy crop and no activity. Never had any shortage of deer on the scene when the corn crop was planted!Quote:
Originally Posted by lazyman
I'm sorry but the tongue in cheek doesn't translate well in this form. We had beans beside our hunting area this year and I got close to 800 pictures of the deer in the area heading to the beans or feeding in them directly. I bet the farmer lost close to an acre of deer browsing the beans. Maybe it's because you're trying to hunt them so late? I saw most activity before the beans were ready to harvest (still high in moisture).Quote:
Originally Posted by Flash1
I farm 350 ac in sw Ontario. We lose approx 8-10 ac a year of soys and edibles to both deer and resident Cans
I can help out if needs be. What are friends forQuote:
Originally Posted by Jow
My farm never had trees,so I've been hunting over a 2.5 acre of standing beans for 20 years. I got a deer when I wanted,but got tired of 20 minute hunts.I trophy hunted for 7 years and never took the #1 buck but passed lots of nice bucks and learned a lot. Standing soya is not a secret, western outfitters with farms had been doing it for ever.
Late season when all the other crops are down,the does and bucks set up as close to the beans as possible. The colder it is the closer they bed to the beans. I took like 30 minutes for the farmer to plant my 2.5 acres. They never fail to bring in the deer. I watched the deer, daily from the kitchen all year around in the beans. One day, I counted over 240 deer in the beans before a big storm.They usually only feed for 20 minutes and leave. It was pretty cool to see 18 deer feeding and a herd of 24 join them. Their's a reason my plot was 40 yards wide,lol.
Hunt the wrong wind and they won't come out.
Hence the term "bean field" gun. Calibers beloved for their ability to reach out over BWHAT FIELDS. Holy man that came and. Oh never mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Greenhorn
Good to know this being a new hunter. Shame on the people in here that assume everyone SHOULD know as much as them and reinventing the wheel bla bla bla you know who you are no need for names. Had I not read between the sarcasm I would have been mislead. Thanks to those who were honest and appealing.