morning hunt problems

[Ian johnson]

where I hunt, my ground blind is set up to where the wind normaly blows in my face, the deer feed in early morning sometimes, I normaly hunt afternoons so that i can get in my natural ground blind before the deer start moving, but tommorow i can only hunt the morning and want to hunt really really badly, but heres my problem, I have to walk through\\ around the food plot in the same area the deer feed to get to my blind, should I still go in the morning and risk spooking deer feeding?, is there a way to tell if deer are in the area without seeing them?

[pintail_drake2004]

leave extra early to get to your blind. deer will still be bedded down-hopefully. As for telling if they are not there, night vision binocs are wonderful!

[John3]

Sneak in "dark early"... Quiet as can be.


JDSIII

[wingnut]

Ian,

Sneak in tomorrow, but when your done hunting find another way to get to your blind without going through the field.

Mike

[Ian johnson]

Mike, next weekend I am going to devote a whole day to cutting another path, its really thick where I hunt so it takes a bushblade and a bowsaw a long time to clear a path open enough to walk through without making noise

[dino]

Ian,
Know exactly what you are talking about.  I just got a new property to hunt this year with the exact same problem. Cutting a new path is the solution.  Makes a difference. dino

[Night Wing]

Use rubber boots. They leave no scent trail for a deer to smell. This works for me.