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Whitetail Deer Hunting Tips?
Does anyone have any great bowhunting tips to consider when Hunting Whitetail from treestands?
What are some good tactics to get whitetail close to the area? How high should I place my stand in the tree in oreder to not have to worry about wind and my scent? How long should I wait after taking a shot on a deer in order to begin tracking? Any suggestions to these questions and other helpful tips? |
Welcome to the forum.
1. Find where the deer are living when they're not feeding, basically their bedding area. Find out what they are feeding on when they are active. Put your stands on trails that lead between the two areas. 2. Always pay attention to the wind. It's the most dependable way to hide your scent. Place your stands where you have good cover to hide movement. Stands too high make it difficult to make good shots when the deer are close. 3. I get down immediately. If I made a good shot, that deer will be dead before I get out of the tree. If I determine that it's a possible gut shot, I'll back out quietly and come back 6 hours later or overnight, whichever comes first. |
First, make sure your foot is in the tree that has a lot of bottom cover to hide the contour. This is more important than the smell problem if you ask me. I would like to get your position at least 16 feet above ground if you want less than the possibility of being arrested. Usually about 20 to go with my climber, but the stairs is usually 15 'or so. Always make sure to sprinkle a kind of smell the product smell before entering the stall. Also, do not use your hunting clothes when you're not looking. Keep closed in a bag or container when you are not fishing. Put it before leaving, sprinkle with the smell killer, and it should be fine (rubber boots also helps very much).
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You do not have to be 16 feet up in a tree, all that does is increases the angle of the shot making it more difficult to make a good shot. My permanent tree stand which has the top open is 10 feet high and I have shot deer almost under it and a couple 8 or 9 feet away. Additionally, lots of deer are killed by hunters on the ground. You also don't have to take a pee bottle either, urine is urine to a deer and they just may investigate it if they smell it.
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Wingbone gave you pretty good advise except for the getting down immediately part. Watch the deer as long as you can and mark in your mind the last place you saw it after the hit. I wait around half an hour after the shot even if I know I made a good hit. I've actually watched many of my archery hit deer lay down and expire. Moving right after the shot will push a deer that may have laid down just 20 or so yards from the hit. That's a mistake a lot of people make in archery. There is little to no shock value from archery equipment like there is with a firearm and often times they won't go very far if they aren't pushed. Another thing is to always have an exceptionally good light for blood trailing in the evenings and mark your blood trails in case you lose the sign and have to backtrack to pick it back up again. If you passed through the animal, try your best to find your arrow. There is a lot of detail that arrow sign can give you about the shot. The color of the blood on it will tell you if you made an arterial hit or a lung hit or the dreaded liver or gut hit. Bright red=Arterial, Pinkish and foamy looking=Lung, dark red to brownish=Liver, White stuff usually means one of 2 things, no mans land and you missed vitals and probably didn't have a lethal hit or you laid open the gut and you will have a hard time finding it. Greenish stuff is a direct gut shot.
Most people, me included, usually take their stands to between 15 and 20 feet dependent on the surrounding cover. If at all possible, one should practice shooting from these heights as shooting inclined is a lot different from shooting from the ground. |
I've recently started doing some research into deer hunting, but currently am not even sure which way I am going, much less what to look for. I've been looking for a rifle scope on https://www.atncorp.com/smart-hd-weapon-sight for deer hunting. They seem to be quality products.
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there are hundreds of subleties in deer hunting just as anything...subtleties make the difference...i have been hunting since the sixties and am still learning...as far as when to get down after a shot?? it varies for a lot of reasons...if u KNOW u made a good shot, and it's getting dark fast,,then maybe get down immediately..i'd give it a few minutes anyway..have a good headlamp....but the best tip in all of deer hunting history is to build a little pinestraw fire and smoke the s#$@T out of yourself just before going out
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pretty simple
1) find a food source deer prefer 2) set up in a blind, on the ground, or in a tree stand 3) when a live deer walks buy 4) make him dead RR |
At first you need to identify the places where the deer can be present by scouting. Travelling corridors, thickets, creeks and rivers are the places you should keep your eyes on. Deer also can be found on the fields while they're finding food. But my advice is to be persistent, and always be ready to deliver the kill shot.
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There are plenty of factors that can fall into this.
#1: Find an area where there is food sources on the ground as well as some good cover. #2: Find deer trails and follow off to the side of them to see where they go #3: Find there bedding areas (Can be very effective) #4: make sure when you are hunting you know which way the wind is blowing. The deer will most often walk into the wind so they can smell easier. |
Don't miss.
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For next year, find a white oak tree and pour a bag of fertilizer around the end of the leaves or what is called the driplines. The deer will love the bigger, sweeter acorns.
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In my younger years I hunted near farmlands and set up along well traveled runs. But over the past 15 or so years I've hunted exclusively timber areas. Finding food sources is often difficult as mast crops change from year to year. We haven't had a white oak acorn crop in several years. Depending mostly on the red and chestnut oaks. To supplement this there is plenty of browse in the form of sassafras and black birch. I've found that my best bet for seeing deer is to set my stands on pinch points and cuts (between strip mines) or along ridge lines.
Patience is key when hunting these areas as well as confidence in your set up. Stay as odor free as possible. I rarely use a scent, even a cover scent. I am of the opinion that no scent is the best. |
Hunting with the wind in your favor is huge, especially when hunting booners. You always want your scent blowing away from where the deer come from or where you think. Set up cameras record the wind direction in a diary for each day and play the odds. What's the rush after you shoot? Sit there calm your nerves and enjoy that adrenaline rush. The worst thing you could do is push a wounded deer. He make get up from a bed never to be found cause he clotted up while bedding.
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Read, read, read. Get out in the woods as much as possible, everything you see, do, think about, everything that happens to you, research it and figure out how to use to your advantage the next hunt or next season.
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Originally Posted by Wingbone
(Post 4313288)
Welcome to the forum.
1. Find where the deer are living when they're not feeding, basically their bedding area. Find out what they are feeding on when they are active. Put your stands on trails that lead between the two areas. 2. Always pay attention to the wind. It's the most dependable way to hide your scent. Place your stands where you have good cover to hide movement. Stands too high make it difficult to make good shots when the deer are close. 3. I get down immediately. If I made a good shot, that deer will be dead before I get out of the tree. If I determine that it's a possible gut shot, I'll back out quietly and come back 6 hours later or overnight, whichever comes first. |
If you plane to rattle antlers from your tree stand...drill a hole just above the base of each antler, with a big enough diameter for a nylon parachute cord. Tie the two together, about a foot apart, and then tie another piece of cord to the middle of the string, that is long enough to reach the ground from your stand. The deer expects the buck fight to be on the ground and not in your treestand.
Lower the antlers to the ground and shake the cord lightly, so that the antlers are only ticking together with occasional grunts mixed in --- If no response...shake the cord more vigorously, so that the antlers are clashing together and hopping up and down off the ground. If a buck comes in an starts to lose interest and starts to walk away...just shake the cord lightly so that the antlers are only just ticking together --- The buck should stop in his tracks and possibly afford you a going away lung shot. Here in Maryland...I like too start to rattle October 21 on. |
I search out where different types of trees/brush/cover meet. For example where oaks meet pines meet cedar meet brush. The more types the better! Deer are browsers and follow edges. The more types of edges the better. Years ago I bought and used color infrared aerial photos. Each type of tree/brush/cover will be a different color. Now a days I use google earth and historicaerials.com to find my spots. Good Luck!
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Originally Posted by CameronK
(Post 4359405)
A good FFP rifle scope is needed. And if this is your first time to hunt a deer, you'd better ask some professionalists for accompanying.
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On top of what's already been said. Minimize your prescense in the area by staying out of your area during season unless you are hunting. Find quiet access routes to your stand. Be a scent control freak, fooling a deer's nose is half the battle. And lastly, HUNT HARD. Invest lots of time in the stand and opportunity will present itself. Good luck
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https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/whitetail-deer-hunting/418200-florida-whitetail-experience.html
search the words florida whitetail experience the link keeps getting deleted well its a learned skill, but modern technology makes it much easier, deer need to feel fairly safe and have access to food, they don,t want to be constantly disturbed, but they learn very quickly that most hunters (preditors) in the case of humans tend to be rather noisy and tend to travel on trails, they learn to move into cover and areas humans avoid like wet areas, areas bordered by deep creeks and thick brush or bramble thickets, etc. If you want to get to be effective at hunting youll need too spent a good deal of time out in the field observing, but you need to know exactly where you are in relation to the areas features and access roads and you need to know how to get back to a specific location. each area has its quirks and less productive areas, and you need to identify feed, bedding and travel corridors use an ACCURATE GPS it is you best friend, get a book on what plants local deer prefer, call and talk to game wardens and the local biologists, buy a good topo map of the area, buy a decent cheap digital camera and if available fairly recently taken aerial photos of the area go home and locate a lets say 3 mile square area and divide the area into a grid of lets say 1/8th mile sections, and label each lets say with letters a-z vertically and 1-27 vertically now get a note book and you GPS and any time you see anything of interest, lets say deer, a tree stand, a scrape, road access a heavily used game trail, use the note book, use that grid and GPS to pinpoint both its location and grid and the time of day and date! over a few months or ideally, years you'll build a very accurate map detailing where deer were seen, where and when they travel,and what they feed on,youll learn the best stand locations, bedding areas and game trails, and escape routes |
I still do not dare to hunt deer.
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i usually wait 30 minutes after the shot to begin blood trailing.
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https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/whitetail-deer-hunting/418200-florida-whitetail-experience.html search the words florida whitetail experience the link keeps getting deleted if your 65 plus years old resident, of Florida your fees are waved, (apply for free license and have a drivers license on you if stopped) but you still require 500 sq inches of hunter orange vest to hunt MOST areas, in and firearms season License and permit exemptions Exemptions from hunting license and permit (including Florida waterfowl, migratory bird, deer, turkey, management area, and archery, crossbow and muzzleloading gun season) requirements are:
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What would you say is the best location to hunt for whitetail deer. I am in Minnesota and wondering if there is a good spot for them
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Originally Posted by Wingbone
(Post 4313288)
Welcome to the forum.
3. I get down immediately. If I made a good shot, that deer will be dead before I get out of the tree. If I determine that it's a possible gut shot, I'll back out quietly and come back 6 hours later or overnight, whichever comes first. |
Set-up a trail camera on the land you plan to hunt on. If you see plenty of deer it's game on!
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Be patient
Play the wind Relax and have fun Dont let someone else determine what your trophy should be. |
Originally Posted by Ashcreeker
(Post 4370402)
Be patient
Play the wind Relax and have fun Dont let someone else determine what your trophy should be. |
Sit sit sit sit sit. (In a good spot of course). ;)
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Bow hunting Tips for Whitetail from Treestands
Here are some tips to consider when bow hunting for Whitetail from tree stands:
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From my experience,
1. Put up a ladder stand 2. (If legal in your area), put bait or a deer feeder near your stand (within bow range) 3. Use calls, I like to use the little Primos Doe Bleat Can. Hope this helps! :) |
Before you hunt you need to know what deer do, where they live and where they travel.All the other answers in this thread talk about what to do after you learn how to,read deer and deer sign. Spend time in the woods outside of deer sign, learn to read deer trails, look for places where trails converge and look for pinch points where several trails come together and look for good placs to put a stand to take advantage of that spot. There are no instantthings to do, to make you successful. Youn earn success by spending time in the areas youn plan to hunt and learning those areas. There arer no shortcuts, burn boot leather, look, observe and learn. In addition, there are no best ways to hunt, it all, depends on where you are hunting. The bottom line is, if you want to be successful, you earn it!
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How many whitetail deer are there in India??????
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Originally Posted by Oldtimr
(Post 4412077)
How many whitetail deer are there in India??????
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Có bao nhiêu con hươu đuôi trắng ở Ấn Độ ??????
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Certainly! Here are some valuable bowhunting tips to consider when hunting whitetail deer from treestands:
Choose the Right Location: Select a treestand location that offers good visibility of deer trails, feeding areas, or funnels where deer are likely to pass through. Look for signs such as rubs, scrapes, and droppings to confirm deer activity. Practice Stealth: When accessing your treestand, move quietly and minimize noise to avoid alerting nearby deer. Use scent-free products to reduce human odor, and wear camouflage clothing that blends with the surroundings. Set Up at the Right Height: Position your treestand at a height that offers a clear shooting lane and maximizes concealment. Generally, a height of 15 to 20 feet above the ground provides a good balance between visibility and scent containment. Conceal Your Presence: Use natural cover such as branches and foliage to break up your silhouette and conceal your presence in the treestand. Avoid making sudden movements that could startle approaching deer. Practice Shot Placement: Familiarize yourself with the anatomy of whitetail deer and practice shot placement for ethical kills. Aim for vital organs such as the heart or lungs to ensure a clean and humane harvest. Use Decoys and Calls: Consider using deer decoys or calls to attract deer within bow range. However, use them sparingly and realistically to avoid spooking deer with unnatural behavior. Be Patient and Still: Bowhunting from a treestand requires patience and stillness. Remain motionless for extended periods, especially during prime hunting hours such as dawn and dusk, when deer are most active. 1. There are several effective tactics for attracting whitetail deer to your hunting area: Food Plots: Planting food plots with nutritious crops such as clover, soybeans, or brassicas can attract deer to your hunting area. Choose food plot locations strategically, considering deer movement patterns and natural cover. Mineral Sites: Establish mineral sites containing salt and other mineral supplements that provide essential nutrients for deer growth and health. Place these sites in areas frequented by deer, such as along trails or near bedding areas. Mock Scrapes: Create mock scrapes by raking the ground and adding deer scent or urine to mimic natural deer behavior. Place these scrapes along travel corridors or near your hunting stand to attract curious deer. Scent Attractants: Use deer scent attractants such as estrous or buck urine to lure deer to your hunting area. Apply these scents strategically on scent wicks or scent drags leading to your stand location. Feeders: Utilize gravity or automatic feeders to dispense corn, pellets, or other deer feed near your hunting stand. Adjust feeding times to coincide with deer activity patterns, such as early mornings or late afternoons. Water Sources: Locate hunting stands near natural or artificial water sources such as ponds, streams, or water troughs. Deer require water for hydration, especially during hot and dry periods, making these areas attractive hunting spots. Rubs and Scrapes: Identify natural deer sign such as rubs and scrapes, which indicate deer activity in the area. Hunting near these signposts can increase your chances of encountering deer. Cover Scent: Use cover scents such as pine or cedar to mask human odor and attract deer to your hunting area. Apply cover scent to your clothing and hunting gear to minimize your scent signature. Decoys and Calls: Deploy deer decoys or use grunt calls and rattling antlers to simulate deer communication and behavior. These tactics can pique the curiosity of nearby deer and draw them closer to your hunting stand. Hunting Pressure Management: Limit hunting pressure in your area by rotating hunting stands and minimizing disturbances during peak hunting times. Reduced pressure encourages deer to feel more comfortable and frequent your hunting area. 2. The height at which you place your treestand can significantly impact your ability to minimize wind detection and scent dispersal. Generally, aiming for a height of around 15 to 20 feet above the ground is recommended for bowhunting from a treestand. Here's why: Wind Direction: At this height, your scent is more likely to be carried above the deer's normal line of travel, reducing the chance that they will detect it. However, it's essential to consider wind direction and choose a stand location where prevailing winds will carry your scent away from where you expect deer to approach. Scent Dispersal: Being elevated allows your scent to disperse more effectively in the air, minimizing the concentration of human odor around your hunting area. This can help prevent deer from pinpointing your location and becoming wary. Visibility: Being positioned 15 to 20 feet above the ground provides a good vantage point for observing deer activity and shooting lanes while still maintaining cover and concealment within the tree canopy. Safety: While being higher in the tree provides advantages for scent control and visibility, it's important to prioritize safety. Heights of 15 to 20 feet are generally considered safe for treestand hunting, but always use a safety harness and follow manufacturer recommendations for setup and usage. |
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