When you scout a place, look to see who or what surrounds it.
An example is whitehorse creek on skiatook lake.
Its surrounded on 3 sides by land belonging to a hunting club.
I hunted there the last 2 years and would only see a couple other people there and thought I'd found a secret spot.
Last fall I found out why nobody goes there much for deer except rifle season.
The hunt club has gotten the deer trained to come to their feeders just before daylight and now with it against the law to bait on public land, it will be a total waste of time to go there.
How I found out about the feeders is.
I was walking along the boundry fence just as it was getting light enough too see.
I was on a hill and watched about 20 deer moving from the food plots on the public to a spot on the private land.
I saw this happen in the same spot over several weeks. I brought out my 60 power spotting scope and watched where they went and it was directly to a feeder. I talked to a couple other guys out there and the said the same thing. That the hunt club had feeders all around the perimeter.
I only bow and BP hunt that area and have never taken a shot since the deer are always so close to the fence. I try to ambush them as they are leaving the field but its still too dark.
Come rifle season its packed with some real winners.
If you go there for rifle season you might want a bulletproof vest and a helmet.LOL!
An example is whitehorse creek on skiatook lake.
Its surrounded on 3 sides by land belonging to a hunting club.
I hunted there the last 2 years and would only see a couple other people there and thought I'd found a secret spot.
Last fall I found out why nobody goes there much for deer except rifle season.
The hunt club has gotten the deer trained to come to their feeders just before daylight and now with it against the law to bait on public land, it will be a total waste of time to go there.
How I found out about the feeders is.
I was walking along the boundry fence just as it was getting light enough too see.
I was on a hill and watched about 20 deer moving from the food plots on the public to a spot on the private land.
I saw this happen in the same spot over several weeks. I brought out my 60 power spotting scope and watched where they went and it was directly to a feeder. I talked to a couple other guys out there and the said the same thing. That the hunt club had feeders all around the perimeter.
I only bow and BP hunt that area and have never taken a shot since the deer are always so close to the fence. I try to ambush them as they are leaving the field but its still too dark.
Come rifle season its packed with some real winners.
If you go there for rifle season you might want a bulletproof vest and a helmet.LOL!