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Old 02-08-2015, 10:18 AM
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wolfshowl
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Default Hunting whitetails in the northeast

Down a tree off buck bedding just outside of his staging area to try and expand his afternoon travels in shooting light. It creates a funnel and natural security for him. Make secondary trails impassable or block them with stinky socks. If you manipulate too much he will stop using area. stay mobile only do virgin sits, once he smells you in area he knows hes being hunted. youll either blow him out of the area or he will become nocturnal. Play the wind. Concealment, the heavier the better. bucks have learned to look up. Being 30-60ft in air is not always the right approach if you stick out like a sore thumb. if you have better concealment at 8-20ft your better off unless you're hunting from above the canopy. The first 10-15 feet in the maine woods has a dense understory. Be prepared mentally, tactically. A buck will almost always come in when you least expect him to. You have to be mentally sharp and being primal helps with buck fever. Feel dominant. Your window to get a kill shot off may only be 10 seconds. You need all of those seconds to draw and train your bow on him. Bucks are extremely weary. Don't draw too soon, he will hang you out to dry. In most of maine, you have to lower your standards and be a opportunist hunter. That one buck you see, may be the only one you see all year unless you have one pegged. To be constantly successful year in and year out. You have to take what the land provides and acquire intimate knowledge of the deer habits through a lifetime of scouting and hunting. To move up to trophy kills every year. All the deer scents, calls, decoys is garbage. There is no magic bullet that will consistently work here in maine. Sure it may work randomly here and there. But it puts them on alert. There is no substitute for scouting, stand placement, playing the wind, being prepared, staying quiet, staying still, being mobile, entering your setup area stealthily, lowering your standards until you have a trophy pegged, and being confident a buck is coming your way because you've put the work in. And thats how you become consistently successful. Work. Hard work. Blood and sweat.
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