[clinometer]

Lay of the land from west to east: A hayfield (7-10 acres) a strip of dense brush and alders about 200 feet wide then mature mixed wood with no developed overstory. Bisecting the hayfield is a wet strip of brush that connects to the above dense brush and alders. There are many bisecting trails that run through the brush funnel along the edge of the mature timber and one that runs into the mature timber. The prevailing wind during a warm front is W/SW and NW in a cold front.

My questions for you are:

1. Do you put a stand in this area at all?
2. Where would you put it?
3. Would you hunt it in the morning or evening?

There are several ways to approach the site while minimizing detection.

 

[clinometer]

Note

Replace "overstory" with "understory"

 

[1smoothredneck]

I don't think I would try a morning hunt here. Glass the field one afternoon.
Note where the deer enter from. Do they use the wet strip for cover into the
field? Do they follow an almost unnoticeable wash in the field as a cover route? Then, go in one day and check out the brushy strip with alders and
look at the hardwoods. Are there acorns? Beech nuts? The heavy trails COULD
be an idea. They could just get you busted. Observation will tell you where the bucks come in at. The sign will tell you where they are waiting for dark.
The wind will tell you when you can hunt them.
Good Luck.

 

[clinometer]

I can say for sure that the mature timber is not a food source. It's dominated by white pine, red maple, and spruce. There's a small ridge in the stand that may or may not be a bedding area. I just discovered this spot Tuesday and the season opens on Sept. 9. I'll like to make as few entrys as possible. I can glass the field from a ridgetop when the wind is right.