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mullet:
 I put a feeder up Sunday. It's legal here.  ;D

DanaM:
Baiting is legal here in the UP, also lots of folks have food lots planted which is the same as baiting to me.
I planted a small patch of winter rye, hope it grows. I will also use apples and some corn to try and draw some deer into my area.
There are not any farms where I'm hunting, lots of red oaks but I don't see many deer using them as a food source, must be to bitter.
There's not many deer in my hunting area especially with the abundance of predators and a pretty severe winter kill last year.
Just bought a quad so I will have easier access to more areas and I plan on more still hunting this area in clear cuts and edge habitat.

recurve shooter:

--- Quote from: mullet on August 24, 2009, 09:44:17 am --- I like to set up an ambush spot on a well traveled trail.

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same here. got two good places, one where they cross a ditch to get to a food plot, the other n  the edge of another plot covering the direction they travel. both are set up for 5 to ten yard shots.

Timo:
We (the landowner and myself) have 4 digi cams out, and rely heavily on them for numbers and quality. We've hunted this farm for many years and that helps tons. We perty much know the travel corridors, and funnel areas,which we set up on alot during the early part of the season,all that changes, is food sources which we rotate annually. The cameras help us to keep tabs on them as work keeps us away for to many days. Being in touch with your hunting area is a great key to success. Things can and do change fast as the rut nears.

Any mast crop gets attention also,but late frost this year will limit that.

Scrape trees get camera attention but see little hunting use,as most all of our mature bucks only use them during darkness. We do however hunt rub lines with great intensity. Especially when they start popping up near doe feeding areas.

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