For all you Vets out there!
12-04-2008, 06:58 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12
For all you Vets out there!
Hello,
I'm still fairly new to deer hunting and still learning from people as I go. My question for you guys that have been doin this for a while is: If you could give somebody one great piece of advice about deer hunting, What would it be?
I'm still fairly new to deer hunting and still learning from people as I go. My question for you guys that have been doin this for a while is: If you could give somebody one great piece of advice about deer hunting, What would it be?
12-04-2008, 07:43 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis, Mo
Posts: 855
RE: For all you Vets out there!
If bow hunting, the top thing I would consideris scent control, scent control, scent control. Then there is always scent control.
If gun hunting I'd staydown wind. Good luck.
Spudrow from Mo
If gun hunting I'd staydown wind. Good luck.
Spudrow from Mo
12-04-2008, 08:48 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Almost Heaven,WV
Posts: 4,087
RE: For all you Vets out there!
Location and scent control. You have to hunt areas where the deer are, preferably feeding areas, travel routes to and from bedding areas and escape routes when the pressure is on, and if you want to see them on a regular basis you had better learn scent control and play the wind.
12-04-2008, 11:38 PM
#6
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Random Lake, WI (yes it\'s a real town....)
Posts: 163
RE: For all you Vets out there!
Location...location...location....
Scent control should almost be a ritual for you....like you feel wrong if you didnt follow through with all the steps....like somethings missing if you cheat a little. I know if I rush through and forget or skip a phase of my routine, I feel almost dirty when in my stand.
Scent control should almost be a ritual for you....like you feel wrong if you didnt follow through with all the steps....like somethings missing if you cheat a little. I know if I rush through and forget or skip a phase of my routine, I feel almost dirty when in my stand.
12-05-2008, 03:03 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,163
RE: For all you Vets out there!
Scent control is number one to me and most of the successful hunters that I know. Always watch the wind and dont hunt stands when the wind is wrong. Thats why i have several different stands hung to use depending on the wind direction.
12-05-2008, 03:37 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 221
RE: For all you Vets out there!
watch the animal and learn from them. the more you sit in the woods the more you will see. the more you see the more you learn. the more you learn the better you can understand the deer. the better you understand the deer the easier they are to kill (not that they are ever easy to kill).
