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Author: James L. Bruner
For many this may sound like a no-brainer simply because of the sheer numbers of deer that abound on your average farm that plants nearly any crops. And that statement rings fairly true especially when the crop is corn, pumpkins, cabbages, and gourds. Not to mention numerous grains that deer devour like candy. But we’re not talking about just knowing deer are there or for that matter seeing deer. I’m talking about the hunting of these animals that already have an abundance of food, ideal cover, and a plethora of trails that lead to and from the immediate woodlots.
I’ll jump back in time here to a day when I met a country girl that lived in the middle of farm country and her grandparents owned 160 acres of property that more or less had never been seriously hunted. We’re talking deer central here and the deer seemed as though they were oblivious to human presence. Maybe it’s because they had gone so many years without any encroachment into their core areas except for the occasional stroll from a family member. In any event it was a daily occurrence to see whitetail in the field, walking the edges of the woods, browsing in the center of the fields, or walking in and out of the corn. New to hunting farm country, but not new to hunting deer, I thought this would be a cake walk. Think again. I got schooled the entire early archery season by a bunch of deer that I thought weren’t even paying attention. But that’s alright because now I can come back and be the teacher with the lessons I’ve learned.
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