Looking for some tips in the hills...

[bowhunter1023]

I rarely plan for an uphill shot. I try to position myself so the shots are below me.

 

[giles]

Never try and skyline yourself.

 

[johndeere506]

But how do you do that ^^^ in the evenings with falling thermals? (the always downhill shot I meant)

 

[giles]

With a gun, I like to sit on a knob overlooking a shelf. Scent control and access are key for this.

 

[bowhunter1023]

But how do you do that ^^^ in the evenings with falling thermals? (the always downhill shot I meant)

Placing myself to one side or the other of the travel route, or sit all the way in the bottom so I'm covering the same elevation I'm sitting at. You can't cover every last basis, you'll almost always have a weakness in hill country.

 

[triple_duece]

@giles and I were separated at birth. I swear we didn’t plan these posts. I think we typed them at the same time! Lol

Must be all that time “docking” has y’all thinking the same lol.

 

[Clay Showalter]

Great info here and why you guys and this place rock.

 

[johndeere506]

The only benches that Ive identified dont have oaks on them. The spot on his land where all the oaks are has a very steep grade and then levels out some, on 4 separate points like a hand/fingers . Still a good slope but MUCH more gradual than above it. Would the start of this lesser grade operate like a bench as they cut across each point?

 

[bowhunter1023]

Do you have a topographic map of this spot?

 

[johndeere506]

I could get one but been burned by that once a few years back up in NE counties, so wasnt real comfortable doing it again. I realize it would be much easier with that in a pic.
Id have to figure out how to post pics here, but looking around on the map it seems to be a pretty common feature so I could post a similar terrain.

 

[bowhunter1023]

I would definitely help. As the son of a surveyor, I learned how to read a topo map years before I used them to hunt deer. Lots to be gained from seeing those contour lines in context.

 

[giles]

Just edit out its location, roads and such.

 

[triple_duece]

Typically what I learned hunting the hills was, the saddle on the ridge was the ticket. Get the wind right and see what happens. Deer will travel the saddles and ridges, they will most likely cross in a saddle going over a ridge.