The Editors 1. Tall crops like corn and soybeans present special problems for hunters because, rather than bedding down in timber and traveling to the fields to eat, deer often bed down right in the fields. After all, they've got food and cover right there in the same place. Beans aren't as high as corn, so they don't provide as much protection. Otherwise, take a stand near the edge of the timber but with a good view of the field.
Corn is another matter.
Deer of all sizes will literally live in standing corn until it's harvested. The only way to hunt them, with either gun or bow, is to enter the corn. If you cross the field without finding deer, walk upwind 50 to 100 yards and work back across the field. Eventually you'll find deer bedded between the rows. I'm a young hunter, and I'm trying to find a good place to set up a stand.