1.) bluecat - 10/07/2013

I'm hunting the edge of a soybean field. Have gone 3 times so far and have yet to see any deer come out into the field in the evening. I have seen deer in the woods behind me. Starting to get a little frustrated.

So when is the best time to hunt a soybean field? Three weeks ago they were green. Now they are yellow. Will they come when they are brown? When they are harvested? Last year this area was in corn so I was seeing deer come out all the time.

I'm considering moving to the woods this weekend.

I figured it was an easy meal for them. At least I'm enjoying eating them.

2.) Dan-o - 10/07/2013

Best time to hunt beans IMO is when they are green and lush. Now, they will seek out acorns, cut corn, or alfalfa or clover/rape and other brassicas. Bean hunting time where I'm at is usually the first two weeks of September. They will return to the beans when the other sources are depleted.

3.) bluecat - 10/07/2013

Well it looks like my window has closed for now. So moving the stand this weekend. Thanks.

4.) Triton Rich - 10/07/2013

[B]I agree with Dan-o. Early and late for beans. [/B]

5.) Jon - 10/07/2013

When we have multiple crops standing (corn and beans), the deer seem to feed on beans at the last 30 minutes of shooting light. They seem to only feed on green bean plots, once they start turning yellow, they get bitter and the deer will find other things to eat.
I assume you have small plots of beans and not huge, 1000 acre plots like we have here where the deer can actually bed in the middle of and stay there all day.

6.) bluecat - 10/07/2013

I was thinking the deer were actually eating the beans and not the leaves. But if the leaves turn bitter when they get yellow then it makes sense that I'm not seeing them out in the field. Saw some deer behind walking between the bedding area and the field. I'm going to switch things up this weekend.

7.) Jon - 10/07/2013

They eat the beans BUT the beans get bitter once the leaves turn yellow

8.) bluecat - 10/07/2013

Huh, that is good information. They taste great to me. Who knew?

9.) XJCraver - 10/11/2013

Don't move that stand, just hang another back in the woods.

If the beans are yellow now, then they'll be dry and getting harvested in ~2 weeks. From the time that field is harvested until they do the fall field work and turn the ground over, there will be deer there that you'll be missing if you're in the woods. If the farmer doesn't do any fall tillage work, then that's even better, and your field will be loaded with deer after about the second frost. And there you'll be, sitting too far back in the woods, watching them eat right where you used to be.

Don't move that stand!!!

10.) bluecat - 10/11/2013

[QUOTE=XJCraver;11646]Don't move that stand, just hang another back in the woods.

If the beans are yellow now, then they'll be dry and getting harvested in ~2 weeks. From the time that field is harvested until they do the fall field work and turn the ground over, there will be deer there that you'll be missing if you're in the woods. If the farmer doesn't do any fall tillage work, then that's even better, and your field will be loaded with deer after about the second frost. And there you'll be, sitting too far back in the woods, watching them eat right where you used to be.

Don't move that stand!!![/QUOTE]

That's what I was planning to do XJ. Just put another one back in the woods for now and leave the other until it's time. Thanks for confirming that decision.

11.) XJCraver - 10/14/2013

:tu:

12.) L&L - 10/14/2013

ive noticed here in my area, even the deer dont even have the taste for corn at the moment, theres tons of acorns and crab apples in the woods, speaking of which... has anyone had any troubles with not catching the big horns on cameras this year?.... its like mines just up and became ghost's