Making Sense of all the Senses

[wis_bow_huntr]

As any Scout can see, a deer"™s front line of defense is its senses of smell, hearing and sight. Fool these three senses and you"™re on your way to a successful hunt. Use these senses to your advantage and you could take a trophy.
Fooling these senses means that you reached your stand or hunting location undetected and relatively free of human odor, you"™ve positioned your stand to take advantage of the wind so the odor you produce will flow away from where you think the deer will come, and that you"™re remaining quiet and sitting still.
Using these senses to your advantage means that you"™ve laid down a scent trail around your stand and/or placed out some scent and have a realistic-sounding grunt or bleat call and a rattle bag at your side, and maybe even a deer decoy strategically placed in an open area near your stand (again, only during archery season).

[Tall Pine]

Thanks Wis Bow Huntr for the good advise!!!



TP

[GR8atta2d]

I'm still on the fence with the decoy thing. I've used it with success and I've used it when it made the other deer very spooky.