Accidental bedding area
Sept 29, 2022 18:59:06 GMT -6
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Post by Bwoods11 on Sept 29, 2022 18:59:06 GMT -6
A couple years ago on my Swift Falls farm I had a guy cut some dead trees (for firewood)and a few live trees in a particular area for a small food plot in the woods.
After completion we spread seed the first year and it never really took. It still had some annoying stumps scattered in it . The next year I never got around to planting it and the same with this year.
This area gets good sunlight and grass, saplings and other cover is growing up in here . It’s maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of an acre.
My son was going to hunt the edge of it one day and he bumped a nice buck bedding right in the new cover. The buck ran away and stopped and looked around . He really didn’t know what scared him.
Later that night he was feeding in our food plot to the north . So we already have stands on both sides of this little pocket of cover and fortunately a camera on both sides.
This buck is on camera almost every day moving back and forth.. north and south for acorns and into a clover plot. Plus there’s a creek to the west . Constant water .
The buck is not a giant but we do think he’s 4 years old. I hope one one of my boys will have a fair chance at getting him if he keeps bedding in the accidental bedding area. I guess this will no longer be a food plot.
After completion we spread seed the first year and it never really took. It still had some annoying stumps scattered in it . The next year I never got around to planting it and the same with this year.
This area gets good sunlight and grass, saplings and other cover is growing up in here . It’s maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of an acre.
My son was going to hunt the edge of it one day and he bumped a nice buck bedding right in the new cover. The buck ran away and stopped and looked around . He really didn’t know what scared him.
Later that night he was feeding in our food plot to the north . So we already have stands on both sides of this little pocket of cover and fortunately a camera on both sides.
This buck is on camera almost every day moving back and forth.. north and south for acorns and into a clover plot. Plus there’s a creek to the west . Constant water .
The buck is not a giant but we do think he’s 4 years old. I hope one one of my boys will have a fair chance at getting him if he keeps bedding in the accidental bedding area. I guess this will no longer be a food plot.
