Blind Placement?

IronBucks · November 19, 2013

I caught a big bodied 8pt on camera a few weeks back but I didn't see him during bow season at all and I couldn't find much sign of him being around.

Sunday morning I stumbled on a trail on a property that I had never seen before. I think I found the area where he has been hiding out. There is a small path with scrapes and rubs everywhere! There are probably 15 trees that are just shredded and a scrape every 20 feet. To the south of this path is just a big plot of very thick woods and brush. To the north is a thin row of trees and then an open field.

Would you set up a blind or just stand against a tree and hunt along this scrape trail or set up in the field and try to draw him out by rattling and grunting?

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