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2011
What's out there?
 The summer heat is pounding the Midwest and many hunters are spending their spare time next to the air conditioner trying to stay cool. Before we know it the season will be upon us and many hunters will be left wondering "What's out there" as they head to their stand for the first time this fall. As I'm sure many other serious whitetail hunters are doing, I've been taking advantage of a few recent cooler evenings to glass bean fields bordering blocks of timber I will be hunting when the season rolls around. Finding a good vantage point that minimizes any chance of my being detected while giving me a good view of the area is one of the easiest ways I've found to watch for bucks while getting an idea of the size and health of the deer herd. In general I'm seeing good numbers of healthy sized fawns and expect to see an increase in overall deer numbers. The apparent pressure my food plots are seeing combined with my visual head counts during these recent scouting sessions will make filling a few doe tags an easy decision this fall.
The one thing I'm not seeing in my recent evening sits is mature bucks! Several smaller bucks are moving into the fields right before dark, but the more mature deer are either holding out for total darkness or starting to separate themselves from the bachelor groups. I have a feeling a couple large corn fields being located adjacent to my core properties could also be where the more mature deer are spending their time. I've placed a couple trail cameras in high traffic areas and on food plots in an attempt to confirm what deer are using the areas I can't monitor from the perimeter of my properties. I've found the LTL Acorn line of cameras to be one of the best quality "bang for the buck" line of trail cameras available and I'm depending on them too be my eyes in the field when I can't be there or don't want to disturb the area. Despite the anticipation of what might be on the cameras, I'll be sticking to my more passive and patient approach to scouting and hunting this season and won't be checking my cameras as often as others might. I'm confident this approach has been responsible for my success the past few seasons and will be sticking to the plan and using a quality scent elimination system any time I am forced enter my hunting zones. If you haven't already, check out SEEMZ Technology, they are one of the best scent elimination systems out there.
If you're interested in trying either the LTL Acorn cameras or Seem Technology products feel free to shoot me an email and I'll make it worth your time.
7-31-2011
Gary Albertson
Muddy Creek Outdoors
gary@muddycreekoutdoors.com
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