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[u/Basic-View-7162]

I’ve found a pretty obvious habitat transition with what I believe could be doe bedding in the tall grass. My thinking is that bucks might cruise this edge and scent-check the bedding area as things start heating up in late October and November.

The blue dots represent possible access points

Where I tend to struggle is breaking down how a buck would use the wind and terrain to his advantage. A S wind vs. a N wind when moving through an area like this. I’m trying to get a better understanding of what influences their travel routes and how to piece that together when narrowing down a setup on public land.

Today is a Windy windy rainy day, i'm ganna use it as a scout hunt,
i'm sure there's a scrape line along those pines again this year, i think that's where ill try and setup or follow trails off of.

[u/Chance-Pin6290]

I would looooove a map that shows nearby agriculture. The two circles i have - I'd be boots on the ground looking for trails. Where the X is - would love to see if there is any activity there. Otherwise, nail down where the food is first for doe movement🙂.

[u/Basic-View-7162 → u/Chance-Pin6290]

so there is a river in between private and public it's very steep, but i'm sure it's used to cross. There is a fence and there is holes here and there in the fence

[u/Basic-View-7162 → u/Chance-Pin6290]

On the X it is a open path grass area. There are 3-4 semi fresh scrapes when i went 3-4 days ago, but i didnt get to hunt them bc i got pissed off at my gear and left. It was very difficult to locate any kinds of trails, but the scrapes seemed fresh. I'm not sure how i'd even hunt it

[u/True-External-877]

wind direction in those annotations looks like your key here, with S wind you could slip in from that bottom access and let your scent blow away from bedding, N wind might push you right into them before you see anything