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Great Hunting Tips

If you're a first-time deer hunter, these tips can help you get off to a good start and avoid a difficult season of trial and error.

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Great Hunting Tips

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  1. GREAT HUNTING TIPS

  2. SQUIRREL, RABBIT, PHEASANT, DOVE, GEESE, ANTELOPE, AND BEAR ARE THE EASIEST ANIMALS TO PURSUE FOR THE NEWBIE, WHETHER YOU'RE NEW TO HUNTING OR TEACHING A BEGINNER

  3. 01 GO EXTRA SLOW When still-hunting, most of us don’t move slowly enough, or stay put long enough. Try using your watch as a guide. Decide on a period of time to stand still, such as five minutes. This way you’ll be forced to remain quiet and silent for a minimum amount of time, longer if necessary.

  4. 02 STOP AT THE NOISE If you make an unusually loud noise, stop and stand there as long as you can if you suspect animals are close by. A deer might stand a long time and stare in your direction. If it doesn’t see or smell you, it might go back to feeding or whatever else it was doing before it was disturbed.

  5. 03 QUICK-STEPPING FOR DEER A deer is easily alerted to human cadence as we walk through noisy leaves. This might sound like a dumb idea, but try taking quick steps in a short sprint for 10 to 20 yards or so. Stop, and do it again. Keep your footfalls as light as possible.

  6. 04 DESIGN A BETTER DRIVE When putting a drive together, we tend to place standers in front of and alongside the area being driven. If you have enough people in your party, position a stander in the rear where the drive originated. Deer will often wait for hunters to pass and then sneak back and run off in the opposite direction.

  7. 05 DRIVE SOLO Try a one-man drive if you’re hunting alone. Purposely walk into an area with the wind at your back. The idea is to stir deer up and get them moving. Once you’ve passed through, make a circle and do it again. You might see confused deer creeping about, unsure of your location. If this doesn’t work, take a position on the flank of the area you walked through and wait an hour or two.

  8. 06 PICK YOUR LANDMARKS When you plan to stalk an animal by making a big circle and coming up behind it, it’s easy to become confused as you change your location. Pick a distinctive object on the skyline that you can recognize from the back, such as a large tree, a fence line or a rock, to help guide you to the correct spot.

  9. 07 JUDGE THE QUARRY’S PACE Try to anticipate where the animal will be once you complete your stalk. Before starting, watch the quarry long enough to determine its direction and rate of travel if it’s actively feeding or walking. Pick your destination accordingly.

  10. 08 CLEAR SHOOTING LANES When you first get into your tree stand, practice taking up shooting positions for all the directions from which an animal might appear. After doing that, try to remove branches in the line of fire if you can reach them, and take up the position that requires the least amount of movement for you to turn in any direction.

  11. 09 SWEEP AWAY BLIND CLUTTER If you’re sitting in a ground blind or standing next to a tree, sweep away leaves and brush with your boot so the area you’re in is clean of forest debris. This will eliminate unnecessary noise if you must make a move when an animal approaches.

  12. THANK YOU

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