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Generally 4 -10 year old cuts with reprod that is head high or higher will hold deer in them throughout the day. Smaller/younger trees don't hide the deer too well, so the bucks get out just at or just before first light.A great way to find a cut is to look back in time on google earth - back to 2003 - 2008, and look for freshly cut units. These may or may not be replanted immediately, (the next spring) after the cut is completed. DNR lands may take two years before they are replanted. Anyway, these units that were cut in those time frames should now be prime for hunting.
Quote from: fishnfur on October 22, 2015, 07:34:11 PMGenerally 4 -10 year old cuts with reprod that is head high or higher will hold deer in them throughout the day. Smaller/younger trees don't hide the deer too well, so the bucks get out just at or just before first light.A great way to find a cut is to look back in time on google earth - back to 2003 - 2008, and look for freshly cut units. These may or may not be replanted immediately, (the next spring) after the cut is completed. DNR lands may take two years before they are replanted. Anyway, these units that were cut in those time frames should now be prime for hunting.Love the look back in time feature for Google Earth. Looks like I am hunting a "just right" cut and a young cut. This weekend and next week was thinking of heading to the young cut in the morning and just "Watching". Than after daylight kicks in goto the "just right" cut and rattle just inside the edge and see if I can draw a buck. Sound like a sound strategy?
-moreThe easiest way to hunt reprod is by glassing from an area where you can look down or into the timber and search for bedded animals. Look below (downhill side) of stumps and trees, under and behind trees, especially low hanging Doug Fir, cedars, and old vine maple that survived the clear cutting process. The deer are hiding for protection. They are normally not easily found. Spend 90% of your time in your binoculars, and spend hours not minutes glassing the entire area over and over and over, studying every little thing in your field of view before moving on to the next. You will likely only see a small part of a deer, not the whole deer, until your brain finds a familiar shape and you realize you've been staring at a deer for the last hour, or one suddenly one stands up where just a minute ago, there was nothing there. I hate this type of hunting but still do it occasionally. Boring, but it does work very well for those with patience.
I have noticed that on the west side in clear cuts deer love to stomp down and bed on old rotted stump wood. I have seen where the have made beds that they use often.