Hunting clearcuts

[jasonl84]

Every thing behind is thick downhill to a swamp with 6-8 yr old firs along the left side

[Turner89]

That's a brand new cut there. I myself wouldn't put anytime into that cut this year. Just going by pic.
If you do Hunt it, watch the 6-8 year old cut.
 Next year it should be pretty good, and better the following year.

[fishnfur]

That's about what I thought it looked like.  Plenty of bucks have been shot in cuts like that, but as I said before, the odds are lower there than in that of a 5 year old clearcut.  That main area as been made temporarily useless to deer (no food, cover, protection from the elements), though the islands of leave trees may hold some animals.  The edges that didn't get destroyed during the cut often go wild with new growth, possibly in the first year, and for sure in the second after suddenly becoming exposed to full sun, and will serve as both a staging area where animals wait (for dark, or to do predator checks) prior to entering the cut before feeding, and as a food source as the foliage proliferates.

I'm not much for hunting cuts, nor sitting in a stand, but I do hunt in both those ways as necessary to accomplish my planned outing.  You just need to decide whether this spot of yours has enough animal activity to justify betting a chunk of your season on sticking it out there.  There's still plenty of time to move your stand if you decide to do so.  If you're hunting public land, there is always a danger that someone could use/damage or even steal your stand.  Plus, you have a large number of hunters frequenting the area, which will keep deer daytime activity to a minimum and usually, occurring in well secluded areas.  If your trail cam pics are from the area immediately around your stand, and your seeing buck activity, I'd be pretty comfortable recommending you stay where you are.   Does on cam would be a very good thing too.

Good luck!

BTW - The swamp - likely a beaver pond around these parts, may help funnel any traveling deer through a narrower area, where you might expect to see more animals as the rut approaches.  There are likely many trails in that area already.  Worth investigating to determine whether there's a good pinch point in there somewhere.

[Old Man Yager]

Myself, I can't stand hunting clear cuts, I've never had much luck with them.  Hope it works for you!  Don't give up around noon, stay in your stand, good luck!

thats cause you run out of bullets , just like old man yager

Damn, I can't even argue with that, cause it's mostly true!! I been thinking about going back to a lever action so I can get 7 rounds down range in a hurry.

[fishnfur]

   

[scoutdog346]

I think 7 rounds is NOT legal...idk is it?...i bow hunt...

[grundy53]

I think 7 rounds is NOT legal...idk is it?...i bow hunt...

Perfectly legal

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[jackmaster]

Myself, I can't stand hunting clear cuts, I've never had much luck with them.  Hope it works for you!  Don't give up around noon, stay in your stand, good luck!

thats cause you run out of bullets , just like old man yager

Damn, I can't even argue with that, cause it's mostly true!! I been thinking about going back to a lever action so I can get 7 rounds down range in a hurry.

to bad it wasn't legal to hunt with my A.R you could use that, 30 rnds in the mag one in the pipe you could chuck lead all over the cut!!  I told you I would teach you how to shoot if you'd like