Stand placement confusion

[lpcjon2]

Ok since I have returned to Jersey I started working for a landscape company. They have two fields on the North and South sides of the parking lot and shop area. Both fields are cut except for the edges which are 2ft tall grasses and small scrub trees 2-4 feet apaert. On back of the property (West side) are trees for a few acres. East side is the house and road. Every morning(0630) and evening(1400-dark) in both fields at the same time are 6-8 deer, they are about 30-40 yards off the tree line and within 30 yrds of the parking lot and shop.I have found nice buck tracks going clean across the back lot from the south side to the north and back. I was in the lot using a bucket tractor and they were like 25-30 yrds away and could have cared less of the noise I was making. The question is at what part of the tree line should I set a stand. Dominant wind is from the East. I also may try and sit the rough field edge (high grasses)? Your opinions please.

[LV2HUNT]

You can go hungry hunting field edges like that. I would go back in the woods and find the intersection of a perimeter trail (follows field edge but inside the woods) and as many intersecting trails (will lead to and fro the field) as possible. Try to do this in the general area where you are seeing them.

Get the wind right and be observant. If you do not end up in the right place the first time you might be able to see what trail they do take to get into the field and setup accordingly next time.

Good luck!

[huskyarcher]

I agree with above. I think your best bet would be to get back closer to where they bed, ive never had any luck at all on feild edges. Good Luck!

[KentuckyTJ]

I'd get in the bucket and have a buddy ride me by them if I were you...Just sayin'  Modern day Indian/Buffalo scenario.

May want to fill the bucket with mulch so the ride is easier on your back side.

Kidding of course     :p

Seriously, I would never set foot in the woods if it is a small area. Treat it like a sanctuary. You will only drive the deer out. With that said, the wind isn't as big of a factor when hunting deer in those situations. If I were hunting there I would cover me and my clothes in the tractor exhaust. They are very use to smelling that. Find the hottest spots in there and do not let them see you slipping in OR out. Those deer will put up with your scent but if they see you in their sanctuary they will not stay long.

[Running Buck]

If the deer are out every night you should be able to find a main run going to and from the field. As you stated, they are use to human traffic so a walk in the field won't stir much attention. Corners of the field have been producers for me over the years. Once you find a run, set up inside of the wood line by 25 yards or more from the field. At this point, you can watch both the field and the run for movement. Sometimes you will need to move your stand a few times before you hit the right trail.

[Jake Fr]

Scout them a lil more and hope for weather changes they may take difernt routes with changing weather also. I would find there main trail out and sit on the edge maybe 20yds to one side or other and let pass by in to field

[Rob W.]

Fields drive me nuts! I usually end up playing musical treestands trying to get in the right spot. It's also hard to get down without spooking deer.

Sometimes it doesn't take getting very far in the woods to find a staging area. Especially when there is human presence near by.

Rob

[lpcjon2]

Thanks for the advise. I may take a walk (not to far in)on Friday and see what I can find.I will keep you guys posted. And I actually thought about setting up the tractor as a blind,but now I think the ride could be fun...LOL

[metsastaja]

Use the  bucket tractor

[Slasher]

Originally posted by metsastaja:
Use the  bucket tractor

Coming back home on leave,  when I was a young Marine... A neighbor let me hunt a field one fall after he harvested his corn... He left 2-3row strips in the center about 15 yds apart. I jumped around the edges with tree stands and after a couple of days he then told me he needed me to actually kill a few deer!!! He parked his tractor at the inside edge of the cornrow on the downwind and had deer popping out at 8 yds....

I doubt the really big boys will fall for that, but them does probably would...

[njloco]

My question to you would be, is it during low front weather that you are getting the prevailing winds from the East ? I ask because most prevailing winds here in central NJ are from the West/ North west, also don't forget, after the Ocean cools off the winds will probably be West/North West.

If what your are saying above is correct then I would consider a ground blind.