Never know until you try! I have 2 leases, and on one I can drive to feeders, hand corn and then pull past blind and see a lot of deer, and at the other one, I have to park at gate and then walk in 600 yards to get to blind if I want to see any deer at all.
I used to do it all the time. I'm not a extreme cold weather hunter. On days like this I prefer to feed the roads and just hunt from the truck. Deer never seemed to care. But I use my truck to feed too. Deer on the lease I'm on now are a little more spooky but their starting to get used to my truck a little better.
Absolute best rest I ever had was off the side mirror of my dad's old Chevy while sitting in the passenger seat. From 8 years old to about 12 I could outshoot anybody in Texas with that rest setup, then I grew a little too big and had to hunch over and it stopped working so good. There's some wary big bucks out there, but I recall my step-mom not wanting to leave the truck on a cold rainy morning and she shot one of the bigger bucks taken on 6000 acre lease in Zavala county that year. He came out and ate corn 75 yards from the truck and she woke up from a nap and blasted him. Not exactly a sporty hunt, but whatever lol.
Not from my truck, but I have done the same from my 4 wheeler and from my Ranger. In fact, there's a buck on my wall that was killed using this method.
During the rut i prefer to hunt out of the truck. I like feeding long senderos and looking from a far at the deer. If i see one we want to shoot, we get the shooting sticks and pursue on foot.
Also, ford super duty mirrors are almost like a lead sled.
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