Update: 9-23-11
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9/23/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Jerry Slade
I've spent the last week doing some filming of tying down over hanging limbs and creating mock scrapes around the farm. For those of you that haven't done this but want to, give me a shout. It works great and creates more buck movement as well as keeping them in one general location for a longer period of time. We also have changed some sets and we are real happy with our new locations. We've changed some of the food plots this fall and the deer are really hitting the new ones hard. This weekend is the youth hunt and I'll be hunting with a friends son.
NINE MORE DAYS and counting to the opener. Best of luck everyone!
Michael Sobieraj
My hunting partner Cole and I went out last night to set up a ground blind for youth season and to do a little scouting. Our deer have been pounding the beans thus year, but the majority of the field has started to turn, and with that the deer movement has as well. We have positioned stands in two different locations. The first is a low/shaded area of the bean field, where the sun hasn't had a chance to dry up the beans and this small part of the field is still green and we believe this will force the deer to feed right in that little area. The second stand location that we plan on hunting opening weekend is an acorn flat that is between a standing corn field and a thick bedding area. The amount of deer sign in this area has been picking up within the past week, as the beans have started to turn and the deer are turning to their fall patterns. We are hoping between these two stands, we catch a mature buck slipping up and grabbing a bite to eat. Good luck to everyone during the youth season and then the opening weekend of bow season!!!!
Brandon Leep - Southwest Michigan
This past week Jake and I had a chance to get out and do some hunting in the early doe season and work a few of the “kinks” out of our new early season strategy. With Jake’s recent shoulder surgery we are going to have to utilize the ground blind for the first few weeks of the season until Jake can safely climb up a tree. I have noticed that we have had a few light frosts in the area which really took a toll on the beans thus shifting the focus from feeding in the beans to the food plots. The shift was made even more apparent when I pulled the card on one of my cameras overlooking a Frigid Forage food plot; the difference from last week to this week was pretty substantial. One other major factor that will greatly affect deer movement and feeding patterns in our area has been the start of harvest. Although there has not been a lot of this going on there has been some corn that is starting to be harvested and also some soybeans. We should start to see more deer out in the open as they come into these picked fields to feed. With the corn fields starting to disappear, deer will be forced into the woods where they feel safe, this should increase our odds of connecting on a mature deer in the early season.
