A.m. sit
wind - NNE 10 - 15 mph
mostly sunny
temp - mid 40s
barometer 30.17
moon - first quarter
Drove by my primary hunting spot last night to see that the combines were in the fields. When I got to my spot this morning, they were parked across the street in an almost finished field.
I sat in my hang on stand just to the north of a doe bedding area, This stand is made for a northern wind and as I expected, around 8:30 a group of 4 came in from the north. To bad they used a different trai that put them about 80 yards to the west of me. I also saw a small 6 point.
Around 10:00 the combines started up and the cornfield next to me started to come down. I have never been in stand while the combines were working but have heard that the deer get pushed into the woods. so I decided to sit tight and see what happens....
....nothing.
After the field was wiped out I decided to use the sound of the wind to my advantage and scout a little. I found a very interesting spot.
Last fall, for some reason, the farmer decided to plant winter wheat in one relatively small section of his cut bean field. Then in the spring, for some reason, he decided not to take it down. Instead, for some reason, he planted beans again right over top of the wheat. This area was cut on wednsday and now, this corner of the cut field is loaded with green clovers, timothy, and the wheat is coming up again. HHMMM... looks like a food plot to me. On the south west edge of this spot is a pond that dried up over the summer. On the west edge of that dried up pond is a line of scrapes the size of car tires. and a little ways into the woods from these scrapes are some very nice rubs. I wasnt sure what the wind was supposed to do this evening but I knew that if I got any kind of an easterly wind I needed to hunt this spot. I had some errands to run so i decided to run home and get a trail cam to put on the scrapes and check the weather. Well what do you know, the wind is supposed to come from the east this evening.
P.M. sit
wind - ENE 15 to 20 mph
sunny
Temp - low 50s cooling toward sunset
barometer 30.23 rising
moon first quarter
I set up in a climber about 50 yards south of the scrapes, along the edge of the dried up pond with the wind coming from about 11:00. At about 5:30 I noticed movement to the south. Of course, another hunter. I knew where he was going, there is a ladder stand set up a couple hundred yards south of my current position that i have never seen anyone use. Oh well, he is down wind of me, no big deal. About a half hour later, 6:00, "magic time"... A combine started up through what was left of the beans...
I decided that with the racket that macine was making, chances of a buck coming out and working a scrape were pretty slim. I figured my best bet was to get down, head west into the woods, and slowly and quietly work my way south to the road, a little spot and stalk was what i had in mind. As I worked my way back into the woods, i started noticing more rubs. I think i might be onto a good buck. About that time redcloud sent a text telling me that there was another truck parked next to mine, I knew who this was too, and my current route would take me right past his blind. So I had to snake around the guy in the ladder stand so as not to be a dick and screw up this other guys hunt either.
Needless to say, i didnt see anything, but I think i have a good Idea where to look in a week or so after things calm down a bit.
