as soon as i hear deer, im sneaking to a standing position....if i see them, im standing ASAP...farther away i can usually get by with less cover...if they get in close, fast you gotta wait till you got their heads blocked or turned or something...


cover is important in your tree around you, as well as on the ground....alot of guys i see go buck wild trimming and trim the whole forest floor and void it of brush...ive even seen guys chainsaw the logs and hual them out etc....sure that LOOKS nice...but what happens is they take all the ground cover and have no cover to draw from...i see that alot...

when i trim, i leave growth lanes...usually around a downed limb or something i aint moving anyway....and anything i DO trim, or small branches i pick up, i turn into a brush pile, which is potentially something else that i may draw while they are behind...i like to pick up the small downed limbs and make a pile of them...dont know why but i do lol....then when i trim lanes i'll add all that to the pile...

other than that, slow, deliberate movements is what you need...wait, watch, pay attention to them and where their looking and where their focus is...

last year, the buck i killed was dumber than a rock...he was feeding in the wide open..i was kinda high and had cover...(a whole live, standing hemlock tree was just under my feet) i stood...he looked at me...when back to feeding...i drew...he went back to feeding and i sent it...between the cover and slow and deliberate movements i did make, he never went alert...he seen SOMETHING...but had no idea what...

lower draw weights help...i can stay on target and slowly inch by inch draw...that helps a TON...