new to hunting and bows. can anyone help?

[213chrisp]

yep, thats what ive decided to do , esp with the winds suppost to be blowing west, looks like it should be a good day. weather doesnt look like good forcast though. rain rain and more rain. oh well, its the only time i get to hunt so out to the land i go. will be early morning when i get there, i assume setting up on a edge of the field is useless at that time of day and be better of going into the woods correct?

[Newbowhunter32]

edges can still be productive in the morning, especially if deer use the edge to travel back from food source to bedding. Also less chance of bumping deer if you set up on the edge... if there is a heavily used trail in the woods that you know the deer are using then that may be better and worth the risk of bumping deer. If I am hunting a new area for the first time and haven't done much scouting, i prefer to hunt on the edge of a field with a good view that way I can see where the deer are making their entrance/exit. Sometimes the first hunt is more of a scouting trip with a bow in case you guess right the first time.

[213chrisp]

[213chrisp]

ok, that is the area i got acecss to hunt, the house is to the left, and subdivision to the sw of this picture (can see just the edges of the houses) hard to see but there is a small path leading between the ponds and if you follow it to the woods it will make a S and come out to the large field, im thinking of setting up in that field in the north west corner, OR, you will see that stick out over on right side of the field and there is a row of trees that point out, i think that is a little opening like where you would find a power line threw, thought about sitting back along that cut about half way into the woods. as you see the creek runs along the back side and curls around the woods and down the side of the farm land.

the owner said the north corner where the rocks are and the small pond was also a good spot, so i guess i got alot of options.

[nomad_archer]

I would use the info you got and set up on the edge of the woods and the creek by the small pond. That way you probably wont bump anything and will be able to check and see what is going on. You may want to go and scout before you plan to hunt so you can pick a tree and possibly climb it in your new stand.

[213chrisp]

so your suggesting i sit with my back to the creekside on the north of the property? or right in the corner and 45 it out toward the pond, i know i can eliminate the creek which is why i was thinking sitting my back to that and focus my attention on the wood edge at that point.

[mrbb]

the fields in the top left of that pic, seem a lot greener to me, , not sure how accurate the pic is to current conditions, but I would be hunting near the greenest firld there is, its better food for deer and deeer will know it, unl;ess there is standing corn or soybeans, then I'd be close to them for sure in the evenings and then a little farther back in mornings! catching them going back to bed for the day!

gun hunting pressure can some times be a good thing on private lands, or public, as all the people push deer about making for possible action all day long, where as many times deer only feed at night or early morning and then again at just dusk, learning how to get behind all them people is key, use them to push deer to you
good luck , glad your having fun with hunting

also, on the treestand, make sure you don't keep the twop too tight together when climbing with the link between them, make sure they can work well, and even once at the height your going to stay at, pulling up on the bottom can take presure off what holds it to the tree, so be safe when using, and let somoen know where your going too and when you will be back
I used to keep a map, and put a tac in where I was that evening and leave it in my truck, so if anyoen came a looking they would have a jump start LOl

[213chrisp]

that is a good tip indeed, i usualy tell a few people where im going, and landowner also knows, he tipped me that there is a 180+ lb doe in there , and they have taken a 6, 7. 8and a 9 point buck out of this land over the past few years so he knows there are good size deer back there. and he suggested the same top corner ive been eyeing. and also there apparently is a good trail right as i walk around the large pond to the north and keep walking straight, is a heavly marked trail of hooves and he knows they go to that pond to drink.
so sounds like i got a good game plan figured out.

[213chrisp]

forgot to mention, winds will be blowing west tomorrow according to weather as well.