Post by: AKBowman on August 18, 2011, 11:07:17 PM
My question is: Am I more likely to run into deer on the bottom, middle or top of the cut? Has anyone noticed where the most activity is in a cut of this sort?
Post by: Alchase on August 19, 2011, 01:17:12 PM
That does not mean they won't come out, but they do not get big being stupid, lol.
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on August 19, 2011, 06:31:24 PM
Post by: dreamunelk on August 19, 2011, 08:06:38 PM
Post by: grizzlyadams on August 20, 2011, 05:43:51 PM
Pretty much what they said above. I would add that glass every possible location in the cut for a bedded buck. They will lay in the open all day and watch every one go by. I have seen them crawl into a brush pile and just stay. So in short look everywhere. If there is sign then there is likey a buck. However, keep in mind deer do not like to be exposed to wind and will almost always seek out the lee. So an area may hold no deer in the morning will hold a gob in the evening.
Are we talking about sailing or hunting? :chuckle:
Post by: RoyBoy on August 20, 2011, 08:20:27 PM
Post by: AKBowman on August 20, 2011, 08:49:50 PM
Will the bucks most likely bed below or above or to the sides of the cut?
Post by: True Sportsman on August 20, 2011, 09:01:02 PM
Thanks for the responses. I should clarify that I wasnt necenssarily talking about hunting I was more interested in scouting trying to get pics or spot them with my bino's prior to season so I can figure out what bucks are in the area.
Will the bucks most likely bed below or above or to the sides of the cut?
For scouting you should have been out there during late June and August. Most bucks will be out in the cuts during mid day. At least that is the case where I am. Other than that, get a trail camera and set it up on the edge of the clearcut on a deer trail. If the bottom of the cut is Alder, like at a creek, then all the better. Hang a camera off a well used trail with big tracks.
The only other time to see bucks in clearcuts (reliably) is late October, or late buck during the rut.
You could hike from the top to the bottom along the edges, and look for sheds and trails.
Post by: AKBowman on August 20, 2011, 10:32:25 PM
Thanks for the responses. I should clarify that I wasnt necenssarily talking about hunting I was more interested in scouting trying to get pics or spot them with my bino's prior to season so I can figure out what bucks are in the area.
Will the bucks most likely bed below or above or to the sides of the cut?
For scouting you should have been out there during late June and August. Most bucks will be out in the cuts during mid day. At least that is the case where I am. Other than that, get a trail camera and set it up on the edge of the clearcut on a deer trail. If the bottom of the cut is Alder, like at a creek, then all the better. Hang a camera off a well used trail with big tracks.
The only other time to see bucks in clearcuts (reliably) is late October, or late buck during the rut.
You could hike from the top to the bottom along the edges, and look for sheds and trails.
I did have a few cams up during June/July (3 cams) but only got a pic of one buck. Two of the three cams I had set up off of the cut on trails about thirty yards into the timber but only got pics of does and black bears. The one I had set up on the bottom edge of the cut is where I got a pic of the buck. Just wondering if I was missing something.
I think I will work the entire edges like you said and find out where some good trails are. Seems to me like the trails I've found are only being used about once every 4 days and I'm not sure if I can put faith and the work to put up a stand and hunt it for 4 days on the off chance a buck MIGHT come by. If I KNEW there was a buck using the trail more regulary I would have more faith.
The other thing is the cut is about a 4 mile bike ride in and on the way out I have to push my bike up the hill for 35 minutes so if I hunt the evening until dark I wont get out of there until 1-1/2 hrs after dark, but that is what I think makes this spot good too.
Post by: AKBowman on August 20, 2011, 10:36:10 PM
Post by: EAS on August 21, 2011, 10:51:17 AM
Post by: AKBowman on August 22, 2011, 12:25:07 AM
Yeah man PM sent! Its been interesting, I think I am just going to bomb the area with trail cams come late sept and two weeks in Oct before the opener. I might even not hunt the first week of the season and hit it hard the last week of Oct and the late hunt if I still havent tagged out. Im excited to hunt the rifle season with the archery equipment just not excited about having to wear the hunter orange.
Post by: True Sportsman on August 23, 2011, 09:39:59 PM
EAS-
Yeah man PM sent! Its been interesting, I think I am just going to bomb the area with trail cams come late sept and two weeks in Oct before the opener. I might even not hunt the first week of the season and hit it hard the last week of Oct and the late hunt if I still havent tagged out. Im excited to hunt the rifle season with the archery equipment just not excited about having to wear the hunter orange.
Is this a Cascade blacktail or lowland blacktail? I ask because the lowland bucks rut earlier and late Oct. is best. Cascade mountain bucks rut later and late buck should be hot...
Post by: AKBowman on August 23, 2011, 10:22:43 PM