Where would you set up a blind (PIC)?

[WIMN]

Hey guys,

Hunting up north was a failure last weekend. Only have time to hunt again this Sunday. Got permission from a farmer west of the metro area to hunt on the piece of land outlined in red here:

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Where would you set up a blind (I'll be pounding in some small fenceposts with camo burlap zip-tied around it--work all day tomorrow, so I'll be there an hour before sunrise. Would I be better off just bringing a folding chair and putting it between some small bushes and draping the burlap around my area?)? I am leaning towards putting a blind in location #2. It would be closer to the woods that are on neighboring parcels of land where deer might be bedded down, and they could probably hear my call better. Most of the land in the area is open "dirt" (turned over corn/bean fields) except for fencerows.

Just looking to harvest a mature deer, pretty indifferent in terms of gender.

I was thinking hit the doe call or grunt tube every 20 mins, put some doe estrous 15 feet away from my blind on a wick. Any other tactics you'd use on the last day of the shotgun season & in a totally new area? Think rattling antlers would be a good idea at all come this Sunday?

Drove around the area today and just saw 1 guy out with some orange, way up in a tree. Is hunting farmland like this productive? Guy who gave me permission said he's only had bird hunters on his land before, never deer hunters.

[Jeff13]

I'd go with the thickest cover you can get at. Play the wind right and hopefully the deer come in. Good thing if he has not had any hunters on his land this year, pressured deer from the area around may seek his land as a safe haven!

[WIMN]

Another thing to note is there is forecasted 15-20 mph WNW winds here. So seems like it'd be best to hunker down in the thick stuff on the right side (spot #2). I think that's about as thick as it gets without going on to a neighbor's land.

Do you think deer will be moving around at all in the wind?

It's only my third year deer hunting. Last year's opener we had wicked winds and nobody in my camp saw a thing--similar reports from neighbors (and I think it was one of the worst deer openers on record, if I remember correctly).

[motley man]

#2 and don't use any calls as to deer can spook easy in small area. Just bring your chair and hunker down next to a tree with a good view and stay still.

[Jeff13]

Deer will still move in the morning and afternoon primetimes.

[Archerysniper]

I would go by your #2 spot and dont pound posts to make a blind just use a chair. I killed a really nice 10 this morning just sitting on my butt with my back to a tree.

[WIMN]

Thanks for the chair recommendations... Not so sure why I was so deadset on pounding stakes in. I'm gonna get my stuff ready and go to bed here, thanks for the advice guys. I'll post on here if I get anything tomorrow.

[Archerysniper]

Get out there and get them,just play the wind and good luck.

[WIMN]

Well, no luck.. Was mid-20s and 20-30 mph winds all morning, plus frozen sleet, pretty sure the deer were all bedded down. There were tons of criss-crossed deer tracks in that area (didn't see much scat, the stuff I did find was pretty small).

Saw that somebody else had set up a stand in the exact same spot I was hunting too, lol. I stopped in at the farmer's place on my way out (I left after sitting out there for 7 hours, pretty sure I had hypothermia) and he said that was probably a neighbor who wanted to take his daughters bow hunting. Smart guy .