benelli-banger
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This isn't the first time that there is a lot of standing corn...nor will it be the last. What to do? Well, this past weekend, I hunted adjacent to it while the wind was blowing...I believe the birds are uncomfortable spending lots of time in the corn when it is windy...they can't protect against predators. So they will bounce back and forth. That was my experience on Mn opener as well...the action I had then was adjacent to corn in grass. Also, the birds leave the corn late in the day and roost in the grass, cattails, etc...so you make it an evening hunt. On my land, there were lots of birds killed in my food plot, despite standing corn all around...and we killed lots of birds in a food plot on the public land we hunted. So if the land you are hunting is set up for hunting, there should be some food plots...and they hold birds, even if there is corn on all four sides of the land your are on. Weedy ditches are great as well, right next to corn...always a winner. Bottom line, if you are in area where there are birds, blaming a lack of birds in the bag on the corn is an excuse, IMO. Same with the wind...the wind helped to keep the birds from being in the corn all day long. I watched birds migrate into my field on Sunday night (calm day) right at dark...sat and mon, when there was some wind, they were in my field earlier in the evening...and had been in the field off and on throughout the day as well. Just my 2 cents....