how would you hunt this area?

m_freeman

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I found an area in Southern CA that was burned a few years ago and there are lot deer in there. You can't walk 50 yards without finding fresh sign. The problem with hunting the area is it's rolling hills with thick brush and dead branches like a spider web over the area making it impossible to walk quietly. If you get to higher ground it's not much help because the brush is so thick you can't see any deer. There are washes every few hundred yards that provide well covered travel routes. Make matters more difficult the winds are fickle and wind direction can't be dependable. There are multiple water sources in the area as well. The area has very dense deer population but I am about to give up on this place seems almost impossible hunt. Any suggestions?
 
If it to noisy to walk and hunt it, I would set on water and wait.

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Sounds like a good spot...For me I would want to find an area if possible with a good vantage point (where I could see a larger portion of area). I would get in very very earlier and camp on that spot. Your area does not seem like an area you might have any success with jump shooting deer, but I am not going to say that wont work either.
Your gonna blow some deer out on your hike in no doubt about it. I have a spot like this, and I blow deer out of the immediate area on the hike in (and theres no way around it), but when the sun rises an hour and a half later, they have forgotten about me. A lot of times they have just moved about 300-400 yards off from my position (and sometimes way way less). I like this idea for 2 reasons. #1 your not going to bump all the deer in the area, and #2 If there is any other hunting pressure they could bumped right into your lap. The swirling winds have me a little concerned, but you'll know if this advice will work for you in your first outing or 2......Hope this helps, and remember better to be an hour early then 2 minutes late.
 
I grew up deer hunting in So cal and if you have found a place with deer down there, you have already won half the battle. With the fickle wind and noisy conditions, the last thing you would do is walk around hunting in there. Sounds like a rifle is the way to go, not archery. I would get some high-powered optics(spotting scope) and glass the area from a long distance(like next mountain over type distance). Then if you glass up a buck, wait for him to bed down and then use one of nieghboring washes(not the one he is bedded in) to get up to the same level as the buck. Then sneak up to the ridge top where you can see into the wash the buck is bedded in and wait him out. Should be able to hammer him from accross the canyon. Use google earth to identify good glassing points and make sure you can get there in the dark so you are in position and glassing at first light.

Good luck to ya,
oakbrush.
 
Find the local Newspaper. Submit an ad saying that you lost 5 pounds of rolled doobies, taking careful time to explain the area where you think you dropped them. Take note of the exact time that the paper is going to come out. Get on the other side of the area in the best funnel like area you can find. If buckshot is legal in your area, use that. For when the stinky hippies, liberal dirt bags, intellectually challenged surfers, and illegal aliens reads your ad, you have the perfect deer drive in the making. I assure you this will work. Between the stench of all those characters, the deer will just fall right into your lap. Good luck!!
 
LAST EDITED ON Oct-29-11 AT 12:52PM (MST)[p]the more I think about it, considering the fickle winds and how fast and easy they can hide in the washes and brush, I think I'll make a tree stand near water. I'll give it more effort as there are plenty of deer in the area. Thanks for the replies.
 
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