NJ hunting newbie looking for advice on first deer

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12-16-2013, 12:11 PM

#11

BOWHUNTERCOP

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Warren County NJ USA

Posts: 3,899

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Originally Posted by zomborama

Sorry for the newbie questions but when you say early, is this before dawn? Also, how do you determine the spot to set up? Do you typically hunt alone? Do you bring feed with you? How much separation is there between you and someone else? Thanks.

I like to be set up and ready to go an hour before daylight.....I look for tracks, droppings, rubs, scrapes. I hunt bow, and muzzleloader with a good friend, shotgun week it's about 8 of us at the house we have just over the boarder in PA, but just my friend and I hunt in this one area, the others hunt 2 miles away

12-16-2013, 01:23 PM

#12

jerseyhunter

Giant Nontypical

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: the woods of NJ.

Posts: 5,643

I like to be IN my stand at least n hour before legal shooting time. You can never be to early. Get in deep and you'll avoid crowds and have the opurtunity of having the late comers chase the deer your way.