I mainly hunt in a rural area yet with houses and dwellings not far away. I have taken a different strategy during gun season and hunted closer to ore even IN sanctuaries with my bow, places gun hunters can't or won't go because they'd be too close to or shooting in the direction of houses. Gun season pretty much drives the deer underground until the next year so you might as well pull out all the stops by bearing down on their sanctuaries where I am.

I have set up in some swamps and grassy draws and watched the deer pour into these areas to escape the gun hunters some years and trickle in others. Regardless, its a good bet that I will see some deer and get a shot on at least one. Knock on wood. Usually a doe.