Find a place to hunt.
Look for deer tracks.
Look for rubs on trees about 2 feet from the ground where bucks have been scraping their horns.
Look for heavy game trails.
Look for their food source , green vegetation, briars and nut producing trees.
Water source.
Walk to your hunting spot with the wind to your face
Hunt with the wind to your face.
A ground blind will hold your scent in.
It will be hard at first to figure out the rut, deer have to EAT so concentrate on that.
Where ever the does are, the bucks won't be too far behind.
On government land deer aren't used to hunting pressure during the off season
( human scent ).
Deer season ! The woods start stinking !
Private land or farm land, deer are some what used to people all year .
Ballistic tip bullets for deer ( not varmint )
are for broad side shots BEHIND the shoulder in the ribs.
Cor lokts soft points. bonded bullets. or
all copper bullets are for pretty much any angle.
If you have seen deer where your hunting, they'll be back !
Last edited by White Oak 06; 12-02-2014 at 03:33 PM.