Bigeight
Active Member
Our main property that we hunt has a deep county ditch that runs the entire length of it as the property line. It's in the back of the property away from the Ag fields, so it is the main part of our bedding areas, and nice and thick. Neighbors do hunt on the other side of the ditch.
It has 2 distinct differences as there is usually a blockage about the mid point of the property that leaves one half of the property boundary as shallow water:
A) Easy crossing back and forth with deer crossing it with little trouble to the neighbors properties. Most of the travel is paralleling the ditch, but they do cross the deep ditch whenever they feel.
Thoughts on a good set up?
I Ponder putting a blockade Paralleling the ditch leaving a couple heavy crossing areas and blockading some of the more faint trails.
B) The ditch above the blockage can be 8' deep water during the season. Deer rarely cross it and mostly parallel it.
Thoughts on a good set up?
I think of setting up right on the bank, going out 35 yards and starting a blockade running away from the stand running perpendicular to the ditch to funnel deer. Any risks in running this blockade THROUGH a main part of the bedding area?
Figuring that a LOT of properties have rivers, or ditches as a property boundary, I hope some of you have done some improvements around these boundaries that have worked well, or could share ones that were good in theory, but didn't pan out.
Any experiences with either of these situations would be helpful. Thanks
It has 2 distinct differences as there is usually a blockage about the mid point of the property that leaves one half of the property boundary as shallow water:
A) Easy crossing back and forth with deer crossing it with little trouble to the neighbors properties. Most of the travel is paralleling the ditch, but they do cross the deep ditch whenever they feel.
Thoughts on a good set up?
I Ponder putting a blockade Paralleling the ditch leaving a couple heavy crossing areas and blockading some of the more faint trails.
B) The ditch above the blockage can be 8' deep water during the season. Deer rarely cross it and mostly parallel it.
Thoughts on a good set up?
I think of setting up right on the bank, going out 35 yards and starting a blockade running away from the stand running perpendicular to the ditch to funnel deer. Any risks in running this blockade THROUGH a main part of the bedding area?
Figuring that a LOT of properties have rivers, or ditches as a property boundary, I hope some of you have done some improvements around these boundaries that have worked well, or could share ones that were good in theory, but didn't pan out.
Any experiences with either of these situations would be helpful. Thanks