Reading books, watching DVDs and getting advice from here will help considerably. However, this is one of those situations where in-the-field-experience will really help you out. While I was hunting, earlier in my bowhunting career, I was putting myself on a lot of deer. This was a time when I learned not to shoot the first thing up the trail. LOL! I started to be patient and started to "mess" with the deer.

I use to make sounds on purpose to see the deer's reaction. I would make them with my mouth or break sticks, etc. On the younger deer, I would actually make hand movement to get them to look up at me. It's surprising how much a young deer will take when it spots you in a tree. Usually if they're next to mother or are in the group, they take a lot. After a bit if you are still as a statue, they go about their business.

Playing with these deer as I did, did teach me how much or little I can get away with. Blowing on grunt calls, doing lip kisses and things like that really taught me how deer react to sound and how best to counteract their hearing defenses.

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