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 Top or bottom
#8202041
03/14/21 02:52 AM
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Brother in-law
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Would you rather be on top of the hill on a flat or at the base of the hill?
Do deer tend to do one over the other?
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03/14/21 03:20 AM
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03/14/21 05:17 AM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
_____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2018/09/full-3152-162968-charge_air_assault.jpg)
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#8202176
03/14/21 05:46 AM
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Where ever I can see the most because you can’t kill’em if you can’t see’em. Most of the time that’s the high ground but not always. Crop fields in the bottoms would be one low ground exception that comes to mind.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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03/14/21 02:24 PM
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snake oil
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Top for scent control also.
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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#8202707
03/14/21 08:24 PM
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Always ready 2 hunt
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I'd have stands at both top and bottom, play the wind and the deer activity
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#8203126
03/15/21 02:35 AM
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top in the morning while the thermals are rising, bottom in the evening while the thermals are settling.
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03/15/21 10:57 AM
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In general you want to be above the game your hunting for sight and scent. Some variables to consider such as how big a hill are we talking about, is there a lot of trees/dense cover on this hill and the land below, rifle or bow hunting? This hill with a rifle on top, a bow against a tree or bush above a travel route. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/03/full-1274-285956-hill.jpg) This picture with a rifle finding an opening that overlooks as many trails as possible regardless of where, with a bow find what I perceive as the best travel route. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/03/full-1274-285957-hill_1.jpg)
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#8203308
03/15/21 12:15 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Top of the hill...……… Watching over the entire bottom! 
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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03/15/21 01:01 PM
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Top of the hill ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2021/03/full-34238-285959-thumbnail_20191209_160440.jpg)
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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03/15/21 01:53 PM
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We have 4 stands on our place. One more or less on the highest point and one more or less on the lowest point. The high and the low are our two best stands.
It's hell eatin em live
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#8203397
03/15/21 01:58 PM
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In general you want to be above the game your hunting for sight and scent. Some variables to consider such as how big a hill are we talking about, is there a lot of trees/dense cover on this hill and the land below, rifle or bow hunting? This hill with a rifle on top, a bow against a tree or bush above a travel route. This picture with a rifle finding an opening that overlooks as many trails as possible regardless of where, with a bow find what I perceive as the best travel route. Beautiful
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#8203549
03/15/21 03:51 PM
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So many factors to consider, we have blinds in saddles, on ridges, the bottoms. Have had success in all of them. The common denominator has been fairly close to heavy cover, water and food source and bedding areas.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.
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03/15/21 05:27 PM
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03/15/21 06:55 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Top of the hill Great looking set up! What area of the state is this h_n_l??
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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03/23/21 01:52 AM
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Top if rifle (just to overlook the bottom) bottom if bow. Deer will travel the bottom and cross ridges in the saddles. They very rarely travel the top. I've bow killed 15 plus deer between 140 and 184 in Canada, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Michigan. All in the bottom. I love the treads like these. They insure that more deer will be in the woods when I hunt. That's my experience
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03/23/21 12:04 PM
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Mr. T.
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For me, the Top, however the best hunter I know always said, "Hunt the mesquite flats."
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03/23/21 01:37 PM
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Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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03/23/21 10:15 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Which ever gives me the best glassing view. Sometimes the visibility is reversed
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#8212330
03/23/21 10:30 PM
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Top or bottom? hmmmmm.... I once had a girlfriend that sent me a greeting type card. It had a small cat on top of a big dog. The caption from the cat said "I like it on top". Im a noticer, so from then on our "relationship" improved.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR
Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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#8212345
03/23/21 10:48 PM
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I’d say scout the traffic then find a spot half way down the hill with cover than has visibility up and down.
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03/24/21 01:34 PM
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hook_n_line
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Top of the hill Great looking set up! What area of the state is this h_n_l?? South Tx
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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