A few weeks ago I was in the woods setup in an area that had a lot of palms, a few large oaks and a thick nasty swamp head. I was setup in a palm tree that was looking at the thick stuff about 30-40 yards in front of me. I could see the oaks to my left, right and behind me. I had a deer sneek up behind me and stopped a little too far back to my left for me to get a shot. It made me question whether I should have setup right up against the thick stuff and looked out into the more open hardwood/palm area. If I would have setup the opposite way, I would have seen that deer come towards me. What do you all think? Was I setup facing the right way?
Not tryin' to be a wise guy, but if you had set up the other way he would have probably come in from a different direction too. Sounds like you were in the right place, if you were facing into the wind, he was walking into the wind so he was behind you. I've tried to figure them out, they come into an area 100 yards from where you are, next evening move closer and they will always come in right where you were the day before :taz but sooner or later, if you have the time, he'll come out and you can load him in the truck!
Treefarmer
When I hunt an area where I think the deer can come from any direction, I try to climb as high as I feel safe doing. This gives you a better vantage point. The main spot I am hunting now will wear your neck out trying to watch all directions. Also try to put something at your back, whether it be a limb off of another tree, another tree, or whatever to break your silhouette
This past off season i tried to created funnels coming into one of my stands that is in planted pines. I used brush that i cut around the food plot in the pines to block around the area only leaving the main trails open and i cleaned though trails up a little coming into the plot and it had really worked. Now i only have to watch a couple trails and moving around scanning the whole plots for something walking in. The deer dont seem to mind but they also like to hang around when I'm not in the stand or at another stand....
cant say witch direction was the wind. Also second guessing your self never pans out. You move and you may lose.
