imabballer
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- Jan 20, 2007
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I'd like a little advice if you all have time. I am hunting deer on some new land this season in eastern Oklahoma and am limited to a rather small piece of land. To increase my odds I have scouted extensively and have set up a corn feeder in a small clearing with deer trails running through it. The problem I have is that most of the trees on the property are all juvenile and aren't big enough to set up a tree stand. There is one large cedar tree about 20 yards from the feeder that would be perfect but I have never set up my ladder stand on a cedar before. I know I would have to do extensive pruning (practically removing half of the limbs off the tree) to be able to attach the stand, but I'm just wondering if using cedars is common practice or if it's a bad idea. I would imagine that it would be good for some cover scent but I'm just accustomed to using oaks and other large trees and am not familiar with hunting out of cedars. Are there any bugs or anything that I should watch out for that like cedars more than other trees?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!