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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#455827
11/23/12 07:21 AM
11/23/12 07:21 AM
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Birmingham
wew3006
Booner
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Booner
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Birmingham
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We have one on our property and I have found that the deer traveling through it will cross at the narrowest section between woodlots. Look on google earth for these spots to set up down wind.
Last edited by wew3006; 11/23/12 07:22 AM.
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#455877
11/23/12 08:35 AM
11/23/12 08:35 AM
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Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Slidell, La
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They will also cross in depressions or low spots,ditches.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: wew3006]
#455882
11/23/12 08:45 AM
11/23/12 08:45 AM
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Colbert County
Teacher One
14 point
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14 point
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Colbert County
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We have one on our property and I have found that the deer traveling through it will cross at the narrowest section between woodlots. Look on google earth for these spots to set up down wind. Best advise on hunting clearcuts is above. Shortest distance between two points is a straight line, especially if it is overgrown with brush. That is what you need to really focus on.
I can't stand a thief.
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#455920
11/23/12 10:15 AM
11/23/12 10:15 AM
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Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
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Round ‘bout there
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Love 'em. Some of the first places I hunted years ago were over big fields and/or cutovers. Had to learn at an early age about using binocs, staying alert and noticing those little movements - ear flickers, horizontal lines in a vertical plant world, something moving that wasn't there before.
That's great advice, too, about the narrow spots or pinch points. I always tried to watch more carefully any depressions, ditches or creeks, even small ones.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: hunterturf]
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11/23/12 10:35 AM
11/23/12 10:35 AM
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ford150man
Old Mossy Horns
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It will take a while to learn what to look for and how hard it is to see them but you can't ask for a better morning spot. If there is a hill get where u can see a eastern facing slope and they will glow in early morning sunlight. Get high and then go 10' higher. ^This. It's amazing to sit in a cutover with someone that doesn't have experience hunting them and see how they don't even see the deer until you point them out. Once you learn how they look in the middle of it they'll stick out better.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#457355
11/25/12 07:48 PM
11/25/12 07:48 PM
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Whatley Al
coon_killer
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6 point
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Whatley Al
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killed a 7 point friday in one, alot of people want bother, but if you will get on one hill and watch another hill side it dont get no better
QDM my a$$!!!!!!!
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#457415
11/25/12 08:40 PM
11/25/12 08:40 PM
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McCalla, Alabama
MarkBAMA
12 point
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12 point
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McCalla, Alabama
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Good some good binos. When you are scanning the cutover, dont look for the entire deer. Look for pieces of deer. Look for a ear, tail, head and then you will find the entire deer. Some good advice been given already. All of my biggest bucks have come off of cutovers on frosty mornings.
ROLL TIDE !!!
Enough Said....
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
#457465
11/25/12 09:26 PM
11/25/12 09:26 PM
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Trussville, Al
Jpipererp
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 4,172
Trussville, Al
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saw over 30 deer in the cutovers I hunted this past holiday week. we took six deer off it with in 3 days. one of them was a nice sized 8-point. I love cutovers. love sitting at the highest point in a fold up chair on a south end looking north in a north wind. got spots that I can drive up to and not have to worry about scent or movement too much.
Bass Bandito
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Rebelman]
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11/25/12 09:32 PM
11/25/12 09:32 PM
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Demop
1bamashooter
10 point
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10 point
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Demop
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That looks like Soterra property around Kimbrough. That is almost downtown Intercourse AL.
Keep your booger hooker off the bang switch.
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: Megatrondiablo]
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11/26/12 11:25 AM
11/26/12 11:25 AM
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west alabama
rga82
spike
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spike
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west alabama
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It has been planted in pines but they are small. It's at least 100 acres. Everything is about waist high. A 100 acre clear cut is nothing but a 100 acre green field. After a clear cut harvest, sunlight is able to reach the forest floor creating a smorgasbord of quality food for deer to eat. Also, earlier in the season, consider hunting the SMZ's (Streamside Management Zones) SMZ's are part of most harvesting plans and are designed to protect water quality. SMZ's are usually flagged on both sides of a running stream of water with 35' from the center of the stream as a minimum. Deer travel these corridors and feed on acorns from the protected trees. The clear cut pictured in this thread has a good example of an SMZ.
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Re: Hunting a 3 yr old cutover advantages?
[Re: rga82]
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11/26/12 04:19 PM
11/26/12 04:19 PM
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Demop
1bamashooter
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It has been planted in pines but they are small. It's at least 100 acres. Everything is about waist high. A 100 acre clear cut is nothing but a 100 acre green field. After a clear cut harvest, sunlight is able to reach the forest floor creating a smorgasbord of quality food for deer to eat. Also, earlier in the season, consider hunting the SMZ's (Streamside Management Zones) SMZ's are part of most harvesting plans and are designed to protect water quality. SMZ's are usually flagged on both sides of a running stream of water with 35' from the center of the stream as a minimum. Deer travel these corridors and feed on acorns from the protected trees. The clear cut pictured in this thread has a good example of an SMZ. SMZ 
Keep your booger hooker off the bang switch.
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