The Trad Gang Digital Market
*** TRAD GANG SPONSOR LIST ***
3Rivers Archery
Abowyer Inc.
A&H Archery
American Leathers
Art Vincent Leather Works
Backwoods Grind Coffee
Big Jim's Bow Company
Bill Langer Bowhunting Productions
Bison Gear Packs
Black Widow Bows
Bow Hush
Broderick Head's Taxidermy
Cari-Bow
Dryad Bows
Eagle's Flight Archery
G. Fred Asbell
Gray Wolf Woolens
Hill Country Bows
Instinctive Archer Magazine
Island Graphics
KME Sharpeners
Marksman Quivers
Montana Bows - Dan Toelke
Mule Creek Outfitting
Onestringer Arrow Wraps
Pedernal Bowhunts
Pine Hollow Longbows
Polk Knives
Ron La Clair's Archery Shoppe
Schafer Silvertip Bows
Shift's Seasoning
Silent But Deadly Bowstrings
Smokeys Deer Lure
St. Joe River Bows
Todd SMith Company
Tolke Bows
TradArchers' World
Trad Gang Digital Market
VPA - Vantage Point Archery
The Waldrop PacSeat
Wood from the West
Zipper Bows
Zwickey Archery
Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!
Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!
Traditional Archery for Bowhunters
LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS
TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS
RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS
The Cyber Camp of Traditional Bowhunters
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
Did you miss your
activation email
?
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
Home
Help
Login
Register
Trad Gang
»
Main Boards
»
PowWow
»
Clear cuts/new cutovers?
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: Clear cuts/new cutovers? (Read 288 times)
VA Elite
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1028
Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
on:
October 21, 2015, 11:18:00 AM »
what do you like about them for deer? Do you hunt them? Why or why not? I am talking about one that has been done from 8 months to 3 years ago.
Logged
If you profess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved Romans 10:9
achigan
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 981
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #1 on:
October 21, 2015, 11:36:00 AM »
Come gun season especially they are a refuge. Set up as close as you dare and hope one comes out early enough for a shot...
Logged
...because bow hunting always involves the same essentials. One hunter. One arrow. One animal. -Don Thomas
bear bowman
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 345
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #2 on:
October 21, 2015, 12:04:00 PM »
In my area, food is scarce this year. All the deer I've been seeing have been eating nothing but browse. If it's green, they're eating it.
If they leave the tops when they clear cut, the deer would be in there in a heart beat. In fact, this year in western Maryland, they were actively clear cutting sections of the state forest and each night, after the work was done, the deer were in it.
Logged
Wheels2
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1040
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #3 on:
October 21, 2015, 12:12:00 PM »
Several years ago they cut a bunch of trees, leaving only a few junk trees.
The cutters left all of the tops lay where they fell. It was a magnet for the deer.
He actually allowed us to sit on the equipment when they were not working.
Hardest part is finding a good tree for a stand. You can use the limbs to make a nice ground blind if you have cooperating wind.
Hunt it....
Logged
Super Curves.....
Covert Hunter Hex9h
Morrison Max 6 ILF
Mountain Muffler strings to keep them quiet
Shoot as much weight as you can with accuracy
VA Elite
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1028
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #4 on:
October 21, 2015, 12:16:00 PM »
I may add, the stuff they cut was plantation pines. no hardwoods
Logged
If you profess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved Romans 10:9
foxbo
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 667
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #5 on:
October 21, 2015, 07:25:00 PM »
If there is a patch of hardwoods adjacent to the clear cut, that would be the place to hunt, especially if there was some corn/bean crop fields within a half mile of the thicket. The deer use such places for bedding areas. If the brush isn't too tall and you can still see a deer walking thru the brush, then it's also a hot spot during the rut to catch bucks cruising. I hunt such places quite a bit and it seems 10:00 am is a great time to spot one easing along.
I've got a four year old clear cut right behind my house. It's about too thick to spot deer now but I hunt the edges when the wind is right. I caught a nice six pointer last Monday looking for acorns on the edge of the thicket and he never knew what hit him.
Logged
N/A
Duncan
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 610
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #6 on:
October 21, 2015, 09:16:00 PM »
I hunted some that were in that age range and they can be a great place to stay all day if you can stand it. Deer were moving at all times especially during the rut. Quite a few were to far for the bow but when they are chasing you just never know when an opportunity can present itself.
Logged
Member NCBA
VA Elite
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1028
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #7 on:
October 22, 2015, 07:07:00 AM »
no hardwoods at all. I hunt timber company land and they wiped out the oaks. I have killed deer from older cutover a many times but these new ones seem to be holding deer or least drawing them in to eat. I do have bean fields and winter wheat close by
Logged
If you profess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved Romans 10:9
Cyclic-Rivers
TG HALL OF FAME
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 17675
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #8 on:
October 22, 2015, 07:41:00 AM »
What do the clear cuts look like? If they are growing up in brush and popular trees, HUNT IT!
Sit the edges, there will almost always be a good trail along the edge, maybe 5-15 yards out. I used to set up about 15 yards off the edge. Although a tree stand in the pine plantation trees may stand out pretty bad.
I guess I would have to see it to have a better idea, but often when I hunted plantation woods, I would hunt the edges of those, or there were always spots that became thick with young oaks and such inside the pines. I would key in on those areas as well.
Logged
Relax,
You'll live longer!
Charlie Janssen
PBS Associate Member
Wisconsin Traditional Archers
>~TGMM~> <~Family~Of~The~Bow~<
Sam McMichael
TG HALL OF FAME
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 6873
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #9 on:
October 22, 2015, 08:20:00 AM »
When an area is clear cut, the new growth usually comes in thick providing cover and food. When I had some wood cut on my place, I was afraid the deer would be driven away. Instead, we would often see deer tracks in areas that were just cleared the day before. By the way, if you have privet hedge growing on your place, you will have green goodies for the deer all year round.
Logged
Sam
VA Elite
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1028
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #10 on:
October 22, 2015, 08:53:00 AM »
well I am used to them cutting something every year. But i have always concentrated on the timber breaks between the 5-10 year old cutovers and the tall pines. but, there seems to be a lot of action in these new cuts. I have trail cam pics and I see the tracks. some of this was clear cut in May and some of it was select cut in May. I am going to hunt it tomorrow.
Logged
If you profess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved Romans 10:9
swamper
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 526
Re: Clear cuts/new cutovers?
«
Reply #11 on:
October 22, 2015, 07:24:00 PM »
Also if hunting them after freezing nights,the deer feed later in the mornings after the sun starts to thall the tips and buds,
Logged
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
« previous
next »
Trad Gang
»
Main Boards
»
PowWow
»
Clear cuts/new cutovers?
Users currently browsing this topic:
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Contact Us
|
Trad Gang.com ©
|
User Agreement
Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©