Hunting ravines and creek bottoms? Help please!

[Ray Hammond]

Jon I would only hunt it when the wind is really blowing

When the wind is a zephyr it tends to go back and forth but when it's really blowing as when a front is coming it always seems more reliable

I like to find the places they're coming OUT of those canyons -there's always one or more favored spots due to an easier grade or cover to connect it to adjoining cover or an open gate or wire down on a fence

Hunt those when you can't hunt DOWN in

Be careful and get a biggin

[BCD]

I've struggled with the wind when hunting the bottoms and tend to avoid them, but it sounds like it's definitely worth a try when the conditions are right.

[BobCo 1965]

If I were to hunt the bottoms, I think I'd rather pack a blind in and just keep a few windows open.

If I had to hunt from a tree, I'd rather see the crossing points and hunt the top of the ravine. Usually deer like to use the same patterns in ravines.

Not to mention, my times of crawling up and down ravines are almost over, especially dragging a deer.

Louis Armbruster of Zebra longbow liked hunting the bottoms of the ravines. He told me to look for places where the deer cut across the ravine. The wind direction is critical, of course, but if you find such a place you can believe in it. It has worked numerous times for me. I hunt on the ground and look for a deep spot to sit in.