Food plots are planted, nice box blinds are comfortable, and the stands hung in August are in the prime positions overlooking travel routes from bedding sites to food sources.
So why would you hunt anywhere else on your lease? Those spots are easy to get to and don’t require much effort to hunt, and if you kill a deer, they’re accessible for ATVs or vehicles.
The reason to look elsewhere is because we always fall into easy habits. We’re lazy and comfortable and maybe don’t have a lot of time to hunt, so we go to the quickest or best spot available. We try to pattern deer movements but often forget that deer can pattern us when we arrive at camp regularly for a weekend hunt and head out to or leave stands at specific times.
Throw a wrench into your hunting plans this season by considering these new areas to hunt.
1. THE OBVIOUS SPOT
What is it about the obvious spot that we tend to ignore, even when someone in camp says they spied a good buck
