Va late season blues

K9kodi

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What’s your trick to hunting and harvesting late in the season. I’m hunting south of richmond in the FarmVille area. Large single tract, no dogs, little hunting pressure. Pretty successful muzzle loader and early rifle season, once rut ended I’m not even seeing bucks on cams and about the same in the woods. Largr fsrm on huge lake. Am I wasting time stand hunting this time of year? This is a newer area to me, first year on it. I know it holds some monsters. Just trying to make the most of the last week I’ll have up there
 
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K9kodi

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My stands are in the woods. I can walk around some of the hardwoods, some of the lines planted years ago are walkable, the younger pines you aren’t walking through w any amount of stealth.
 
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It's pretty common for them to show back up where they were in September now. Happens for us first few weeks of December, where you are, should be right about now.

Cutovers make stuff difficult, they can find most of what they need and not need to move too much.
 
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K9kodi

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The cutover was fresh. Hasn’t been replanted. Was cut last summer, 3 hills, but hardwoods were left. It’s pretty
 
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