And John - At first I was surprised to see deer in the middle or nearly across a c/o and wondered how did they get there?
It finally dawned on me that they had been bedded and had been hidden by rolling terrain or a single bush and gotten up and began moving.
I prefer to have a stand away from the timber, less chance for the wind to give you away in close quarters.
I have killed SEVERAL deer, bucks & does, in c/os. One morning I was glassing and scanned across a little white spot. What was that? Backed up and it was 2 fawns bedded close together. After a little while MOM came around a bush and looked around and in my direction. She left, entered the woods & about 5 minutes later, she came around that same bush to check things out again. It was entertaining, amusing, and enlightening.
DON'T set up looking EAST for a morning. That's okay when it's cloudy.
