Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: outdooraddict on October 30, 2021, 11:52:26 AM
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I fortunately gained permission to hunt a farm out of tekoa for my palouse whitetail tag. I actually am going to meet with the farmer and get a lay of the land and "what i can and cannot" hunt. have been doing google map scouting for a gameplan, it looks liek a lot of wheat fields, any tips of hunting late whitetail in stubble fields, i assume get elevation in the dark and be glassing at daylight to make a game plan?
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It depends on how they are using the land and how much pressure they have seen. If they are feeding on the property it can be a few minutes before dark game or if they aren't pressured they may be there all day. I would spend a full day watching and then set up for the next day unless one happens in your lap.
The property I hunt the deer are only there 10 minutes before dark. Never in the morning or during the day, it's been the exact same every year for at least 4 years now.
Another property they are there morning and evening and a third they sometimes bed in the middle of the field. Not sure why, all the ground looks the same to me but obviously not to them.
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Look carefully, tiny wrinkles and eyebrows will hold WT. Is it cold? Check out steep slopes that get first sun. Warm? Exact opposite. Early for the rut but have seen some fairly serious pushing around with little bucks. The EHD, blue tongue, diseases raised havoc. It will be tough
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What nwwanderer says don’t expect that you see all the folds they could be hiding in, even tall grass. Fun hunt, pretty country
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They can be anywhere, tall grass, cut wheat, edges, ...
You need some good glass.
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Like others have said, anywhere there is CRP or any kind of cover. I often found them in creek bottoms. Unlike mule deer, if you spook one, it will run....and run....
