how do you hunt deer??
01-17-2007, 06:49 AM
#4
Join Date: Nov 2005
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RE: how do you hunt deer??
I call (grunt) only when necessary to try to bring a buck into range. That is the only time I make noise in the woods. Maybe a bleat once in a great great while.
90% of the time I am in a treestand.
The other 10% I am on the ground, most likely in a natural blind, though Predator camo is so good tha often the blind is unnecessary.
90% of the time I am in a treestand.
The other 10% I am on the ground, most likely in a natural blind, though Predator camo is so good tha often the blind is unnecessary.
01-17-2007, 06:49 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,925
RE: how do you hunt deer??
I do a lotta different things.I stand hunt some.Do a lotta spot and stalk hunting.Ground huntings my favorite, I dont use a blind most of the time but prefer to sit in whatevers already there for cover.Under the right conditions ll try tracking a deer to its bed if we have real fresh snow and Ive seen the deer.Still huntings fun.
01-17-2007, 06:52 AM
#6
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Posts: 4,553
RE: how do you hunt deer??
That is really a "big" question. I try to hunt deer the best way suited to my location, temp, time of year, weapon choice, time available, etc...Each time I go out to hunt, it is different than the last, due to variables.
01-17-2007, 07:05 AM
#7
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Finger Lakes, NY/Mass
Posts: 38
RE: how do you hunt deer??
ORIGINAL: petasux
I do a lotta different things.I stand hunt some.Do a lotta spot and stalk hunting.Ground huntings my favorite, I dont use a blind most of the time but prefer to sit in whatevers already there for cover.Under the right conditions ll try tracking a deer to its bed if we have real fresh snow and Ive seen the deer.Still huntings fun.
With the exception of petasux reference to (tree?)stand hunting he and I are on the same page. I feel I can compete with whitetails in their environment. I am hunting from the moment I get into my area.
laxdad
I do a lotta different things.I stand hunt some.Do a lotta spot and stalk hunting.Ground huntings my favorite, I dont use a blind most of the time but prefer to sit in whatevers already there for cover.Under the right conditions ll try tracking a deer to its bed if we have real fresh snow and Ive seen the deer.Still huntings fun.
With the exception of petasux reference to (tree?)stand hunting he and I are on the same page. I feel I can compete with whitetails in their environment. I am hunting from the moment I get into my area.
laxdad
01-17-2007, 07:21 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,858
RE: how do you hunt deer??
I hunt from a treestand. In the early season I hunt food sources and rarely call. As the rut picks up, I will do some rattling with soft grunts. When the rut is in full swing, I hunt where the does are, calling regularly...even if I'm calling blind.
01-17-2007, 08:29 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Posts: 1,314
RE: how do you hunt deer??
Always from a tree stand! and I tried ratteling, ggrunting and about the only thing that worked for me once was the can, I called in a little doe once. So now I just sit and wait. But I do a bunch of pre and post season scouting.