3 Most Important Things?
11-27-2008, 12:43 PM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cobb County, Georgia
Posts: 2,582
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
weather, placement, set up
exact same thing for me!!
ORIGINAL: MdDave
ive got to really focus on SLOWING MY SELF DOWN at the time of a shoot.. i get in a big rush, dont pick a spot an blank out... just about half off everything the sticky says not to do... ill get it though with time an more misses
ive got to really focus on SLOWING MY SELF DOWN at the time of a shoot.. i get in a big rush, dont pick a spot an blank out... just about half off everything the sticky says not to do... ill get it though with time an more misses
11-27-2008, 12:45 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cobb County, Georgia
Posts: 2,582
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
oh and one of the most absolute important things........BLOOD TRAILING!!!!!!
learn how to read the reaction of the deer, types of hair on ground, color of blood, condition of blood, etc.
learn how to read the reaction of the deer, types of hair on ground, color of blood, condition of blood, etc.
11-27-2008, 04:01 PM
#33
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location:
Posts: 107
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
1.ALWAS, andI mean ALWAYS have the wind in your favor.2.Use ariel photos and topo maps when hunting a new area. 3. If possible alwaysstand upwhile in your stand especially during times of day when the deer are more likely to be on the move.
11-27-2008, 06:04 PM
#34
Join Date: May 2005
Location: StL, MO
Posts: 745
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
1. Hunt with the wind mostly in your favor, but at such a direction that the deer you are hunting feel like it is in their favor. If you have to bail out at 9 in the morning and let the wind finish shifting...do it! This exact thing happened to us a couple weeks ago (we knew it would by the forecast). We left the stand just as it switched enough to hurt us even though we were seeing deer every 10 mins or so still. Got down at 915, came back and sat the opposite side of the area at 1115 and killed one at 1125.
2. Be willing to hunt in the middle of the day. From Nov 4 to Nov 12 this year, every shooter I saw (at least one per day) was between 10 and 3. None seen morning or eves.
3. Choose a stand that allows easy access. Easy in, easy out with minimal disturbance from visual, scent, and noise standpoints. Getting "way back in" ain't all it's cracked up to be. But...don't confuse "easy" with "short walks".
Bonus 4. Shoot some does so you can learn how to shoot deer. I feel it is very important for me to make sure to get that feeling, that real life shot sequence back in my head every year. I know my success on killing bucks would go down if I only shot at shooter bucks each year (or once every two years, etc.). There is no substitute for actual kills when it comes to experience.
2. Be willing to hunt in the middle of the day. From Nov 4 to Nov 12 this year, every shooter I saw (at least one per day) was between 10 and 3. None seen morning or eves.
3. Choose a stand that allows easy access. Easy in, easy out with minimal disturbance from visual, scent, and noise standpoints. Getting "way back in" ain't all it's cracked up to be. But...don't confuse "easy" with "short walks".
Bonus 4. Shoot some does so you can learn how to shoot deer. I feel it is very important for me to make sure to get that feeling, that real life shot sequence back in my head every year. I know my success on killing bucks would go down if I only shot at shooter bucks each year (or once every two years, etc.). There is no substitute for actual kills when it comes to experience.
11-27-2008, 07:48 PM
#37
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
1. Don't over hunt an area.
2. Don't guess at what a wounded deer will do or go. They don't read books, follow the sign if you have it, and look EVERYWHERE if you don't.
3. Don't get complacent with your hunting.
2. Don't guess at what a wounded deer will do or go. They don't read books, follow the sign if you have it, and look EVERYWHERE if you don't.
3. Don't get complacent with your hunting.
11-27-2008, 09:14 PM
#38
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Burke, VA (raised in MD)
Posts: 1,096
RE: 3 Most Important Things?
ORIGINAL: RobinAim Low
Shoot some does so you can learn how to shoot deer. There is no substitute for actual kills when it comes to experience.
Shoot some does so you can learn how to shoot deer. There is no substitute for actual kills when it comes to experience.
Entry/Exit strategy importance is often under rated also.
There is no substitute for time in the stand.
