Post by Buckfever on Nov 29, 2006 19:08:23 GMT -5
Today I made 2 setups and both Fulldraw and Hat came to mind.
It was pouring the whole time, which was great as it really killed the noise and will wash away the scent. The first setup was to move the Osage tree setup where that buck schooled me. I first circled to the west edge of the staging area and found the trail from the ugly 12's bedding area and took the rubline into the staging area and found nothing that gives me cover from that end. So I went back to where that buck came in and scanned as he did. Where he was standing the Osage tree setup was clearly back lit and so I kept scanning looking for an area of good background cover and it was as I saw it that night. I headed in that direction on the trail that the bone white ten was and it took me right to the Honey Locust. At around 16 yards from the Honey Locust a new heavy rub with fresh shreddings.
In this staging area, I thought of Fulldraw and his "Cluster Rubs". When I first discovered this area, there were a half dozen new rubs, but there were a lot of healed old rubs from years before. Right now going through there today, are well over 50 new rubs, perhaps as many as 100, in an area no bigger than a 50 yard square.
I evaluated the Honey Locust from every angle and selected the stand placement and level to maintain good background. In this case I'm only up around 16-17 feet, but the cover is phenomenal. I can't even see the stand from where he came in. Adequate shooting lanes covering nine trails running through and covering the trail on the fresh rub shreddings.
Only thing is like other setups I've made I need to be at full draw before he makes it to the lane as in the lanes there is no cover.
God I hate those honey locusts, I am so scratched up and all those little punctures. Anyway that's done and I have an excellent entry.
Then I went to where I saw the 10 come in and back tracked the trail till it split, maybe 15 yards in. Great rubline!!! I put an arrow in the ground at the split and scan again for cover and I see an Osage tree, with very thick cover, but it's so thick I don't figure I can reach the split 20 yards away. But it's located towards the edge, so I go down the trail and it offers me another potential lane, so I head towards it to check it, and I find 2 trails running past it and another running in front of it. With fresh large heavy tracks and fresh droppings, the "Edge inside the Edge". And I thought of Hat.
I made my way up and had to go high so that my stand and body is actually in the thick cover of the Osage and I'm shooting over the cover down into the trails. I cut my way out. It's only 15 yards in from the outside edge, but you can't even see the tree from the outside.
This is a deadly setup. I'll call that the OsageII setup.
I've got the North and the SW corner covered now I just need one more setup for an east wind, to form a triangle around the bedding area, but I ran out of time. On an east wind, I'll just go early.
It's pretty cool though I thought, how my hunting brothers are out there with me, helping me out.
It was pouring the whole time, which was great as it really killed the noise and will wash away the scent. The first setup was to move the Osage tree setup where that buck schooled me. I first circled to the west edge of the staging area and found the trail from the ugly 12's bedding area and took the rubline into the staging area and found nothing that gives me cover from that end. So I went back to where that buck came in and scanned as he did. Where he was standing the Osage tree setup was clearly back lit and so I kept scanning looking for an area of good background cover and it was as I saw it that night. I headed in that direction on the trail that the bone white ten was and it took me right to the Honey Locust. At around 16 yards from the Honey Locust a new heavy rub with fresh shreddings.
In this staging area, I thought of Fulldraw and his "Cluster Rubs". When I first discovered this area, there were a half dozen new rubs, but there were a lot of healed old rubs from years before. Right now going through there today, are well over 50 new rubs, perhaps as many as 100, in an area no bigger than a 50 yard square.
I evaluated the Honey Locust from every angle and selected the stand placement and level to maintain good background. In this case I'm only up around 16-17 feet, but the cover is phenomenal. I can't even see the stand from where he came in. Adequate shooting lanes covering nine trails running through and covering the trail on the fresh rub shreddings.
Only thing is like other setups I've made I need to be at full draw before he makes it to the lane as in the lanes there is no cover.
God I hate those honey locusts, I am so scratched up and all those little punctures. Anyway that's done and I have an excellent entry.
Then I went to where I saw the 10 come in and back tracked the trail till it split, maybe 15 yards in. Great rubline!!! I put an arrow in the ground at the split and scan again for cover and I see an Osage tree, with very thick cover, but it's so thick I don't figure I can reach the split 20 yards away. But it's located towards the edge, so I go down the trail and it offers me another potential lane, so I head towards it to check it, and I find 2 trails running past it and another running in front of it. With fresh large heavy tracks and fresh droppings, the "Edge inside the Edge". And I thought of Hat.
I made my way up and had to go high so that my stand and body is actually in the thick cover of the Osage and I'm shooting over the cover down into the trails. I cut my way out. It's only 15 yards in from the outside edge, but you can't even see the tree from the outside.
This is a deadly setup. I'll call that the OsageII setup.
I've got the North and the SW corner covered now I just need one more setup for an east wind, to form a triangle around the bedding area, but I ran out of time. On an east wind, I'll just go early.
It's pretty cool though I thought, how my hunting brothers are out there with me, helping me out.
. anyway if you can find 3 sets of rubs that form a triangle on your gps screen, 9 out of 10 times the buck will be bedding in the middle of the triangle . its just a theory but I have found only a few triangles when marking rubs but i always found the buck that made them within the triangle 