I have a new lease in Logan county and it’s pretty wooded, but most of them are cedars I noticed when walking around the property. Without having tons of acorn trees, etc have you guys had much luck with deer staying around property that is mainly cedars? I’ll have a small food plot and feeder, just not sure how many deer are in the area as it appears the neighbors property has lots of cedars too.
Deer like cedars. They use them for weather protection and to bed under or near. Find a nice opening for your feeder or plot with a cedar big enough to put a stand in. Makes good cover scent and concealment
Best cover scent and easy stalking. Find yourself a nice little intersection of trails, open up some lanes and harvest.
My place is in Alfalfa county, and if I didn’t have cedars and tamaracks, it would almost look like the face of the moon.
I‘m of the opinion after 20 years of hunting this property that the cover the cedars and tamaracks provide is why my place seems to hold deer and neighboring properties don’t.
Not much to add except it sure is nice having a big cedar in the right spot so you can put a stand in it. Almost every limb is in the right spot to be able to climb in and out.
I've spooked many a deer that were laying under a cedar. Add a plot and/or feeder I think you'll be fine.
For you fellas with big cedars and your stands. Are you carving out a quarter of the limbs and putting up a ladder stand with branches all around you except about a 45* swath of branches removed?
I cut as little as possible, and on the back side of where I’m expecting them to come from.
In a cedar I take some 2x4’s or 2x6’s and build me a stand, usually you’ll have good limbs for your feet.
I have put up ladder stands in them and I try to cut out as little as possible so the stand will still have some cover.
In a cedar I take some 2x4’s or 2x6’s and build me a stand, usually you’ll have good limbs for your feet.
I have put up ladder stands in them and I try to cut out as little as possible so the stand will still have some cover.
If there's hardwoods or fields nearby it'll work! One of the best places I hunt and see deer when no one else does, is right smack dab in the middle of an old grown up field full of cedars. I think the deer like to come bed down in there because it's out of the wind and pretty dense. They use it as a major crossing to get to the hardwoods and fields around. Always bucks chasing does through there, just have to be ready when they pop out! And FWIW, I'm in an elcheapo ground blind. Silly does will darn near walk up and stick their heads in.
