Is it worth hunting this area this year? Yellow boundary is where I hunt, approx. 83 acres. The red circle is the area being logged. I've only seen 1 doe in 2 days now. I've been hunting the field edge along the blue line.

When was it logged? Are they logging it now? If the logging has stopped you are too far away. Deer will explore any changes that doesn't involve construction by man. TON of big bucks killed in clear cuts every year.

as in your out there with a rifle while chain saws and skidders are running?

sometimes the doe come see what the noise is

They love fallen trees to chew on or new growth depends when logged if active logging is going on you can bet they feed there at night.

Start scouting till you find hot sign then sit down and wait.

It is being logged now. They started during the week but I was working. Yesterday and today they were not working but I'm sure they'll be back at it first thing Monday. So tomorrow and Sunday, you guys think I should hunt right over where the cutting is going on?

Yes, set up on one of the machines and pick a target. Logging is about like a burn to deer...plenty of food available.

Yes

Hunt it
The deer get use to the equipment running
Killed several bucks hunting like that

Logging bothers them not.
While eating lunch sitter on the skidder, deer were always coming by.

And even gets better in a year or two when that area starts to fill back in.

not sure what your weather is doing right now but I would hunt it

they probably left you a nice clear road you can walk in on quietly.

The last several years logging activity has increased on the 3.500 acre Timber company lease I hunt. It doesn't seem to bother the deer much, seems like they are used to it.

I've had turkeys shock gobble to trees crashing down in the next valley over in the spring.

We've had some rain, it is a muddy mess! It's a 20 year old logging road that we have kept up on. The road up would be the yellow boundary at the bottom of the circle. I can and will be sneaking up there along the top yellow line. The wind will be in my favor going in that way and the leaves aren't very crunchy right now.

if you have had rain I would be looking for fresh tracks with clean edges they shouldn't be too old.
when you find a good run of fresh tracks find a place to watch it from a reasonable distance to shoot.

Yeah, I'll be looking for fresh tracks tomorrow.