Do you have any ideas of how to hunt this 46 acres in Indiana?

By Grant Woods,

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Good afternoon, first I’d like to say I enjoy watching your show every week. I live and hunt in central Indiana the property I have to hunt is 46 acres and about half of that is agricultural fields. The other half is thickest, hedge apples, sticker bushes, and some real thick nasty stuff. This is my first full season hunting this property. I’m have a real hard time finding the deer. There are lots of deer tracks, trails, and signs of deer on the field edges and going into the woods/ thickest.
There is a good size creek that runs the length of the property. If you could give me some pointer on stand locations and how to hunt the deer for late season it would be greatly appreciated. The property to the West was corn and has been harvested, the land on the East was not planted do to all the rain this year. Thanks and God bless.

Dave,

Deer often use creeks as travel corridors in areas where most of the surrounding land is used for row crops. You might be able to hunt both ends of the property along the creek and have two sites for two different wind directions!  

If weeds were allowed to grow in the unplanted field to the east I suspect deer are using that area for cover.  I’d scout the edges of it for major trails.

It’s often difficult to hang stands in hedge and “sticker” trees.  You might try placing ground blinds at appropriate locations.  Remember to pick blind sites that allow you to enter, hunt, and exit without alerting deer.  

Given the size of the block of cover on this property you should be able to hunt the edges and not have to disturb the central portions of the property.  The home range of the deer there will most likely be much larger than the 46 acres.  

Enjoy creation,

grant

December 4, 2015