| How To Shoot Deer | | | | harvest a smaller one? Let the smaller ones go, let |
| Looking to harvest that elusive big buck? Are you | | | | them mature into bigger bucks, and wait for your |
| sold out to getting one or do you just dream about | | | | monster to appear. Most veteran hunters that shoot |
| it? There is no education better than being out in the | | | | big bucks will tell you that the larger bucks follow the |
| wilds seeing, experiencing, reading signs, adjusting to | | | | smaller ones out - the big ones are much more |
| seasons, weather and other factors. You must | | | | weary. That is how they get to be monsters. If you |
| understand that your ability to harvest a big buck will | | | | are satisfied with shooting a smaller buck than you |
| completely rely on your willingness to adjust your | | | | set your goal to shoot, then you are compromising |
| thinking, your tactics and your determination to find | | | | and your interest and desire are lacking. If you are |
| and ultimately harvest that animal you have your | | | | committed to taking the big one, do not take the |
| mind set on. Let start: | | | | first buck you see unless it meets your goal! How To |
| 1. Taking Big Bucks Requires Exceptional Tactics. You | | | | Shoot Deer |
| will not bag a trophy buck by using standard | | | | 4. You will find that big bucks will frequently have |
| techniques like everyone else. In fact, it probably | | | | wet feet. Huh? Yep - find areas where there is a |
| does not matter if there are big bucks in the area | | | | creek bottom or lowland wet areas such as a |
| you hunt. The truth is that if you're using all the | | | | swamp and other wetlands. Talk to the experienced |
| normal tactics you will not get the monster. The | | | | hunters who have shot big bucks.... most of them will |
| really BIG bucks are old bucks. They do not grow old | | | | tell you that big bucks like to frequent the heavy |
| by falling prey to the normal tactics the majority of | | | | cover and are loners in these areas. They like the |
| hunters use. Make sense? | | | | thick cover the wetlands produce because it gives |
| 2. You must hunt where big bucks live! It is so | | | | them security. Also, deer are excellent swimmers. It |
| obvious, yet how many days or seasons have you | | | | is nothing for them to swim major rivers, let alone |
| spent hunting in areas where you never saw a really | | | | creeks and lakes. When pressure increases the big |
| big buck? You must realize that not all areas hold | | | | bucks head for cover. |
| even one really big buck, let alone a few. But it is a | | | | 5. Let the experienced and successful hunters be |
| fact that some parts of different counties in the | | | | your role models. It is no different than any sport or |
| country hold many large bucks within a given area | | | | avocation. If you want to be great, if you want the |
| due to quite a few factors. Things like cover, food | | | | big prize, if you really want that big buck you need |
| sources and other nutrition, hunting pressure, and | | | | to learn and do what other successful whitetail |
| genetics play a huge role in finding areas that hold big | | | | hunters have done to harvest their big bucks. While |
| bucks. We sometimes deceive ourselves. We HOPE | | | | no situation is identical, remember that the 1% or 2% |
| they are there. If your overriding goal is to find that | | | | of the top deer hunters are very disciplined and have |
| monster - you need to find out where they are and | | | | developed methods and skills that work consistently. |
| hunt there. You cannot shoot what does not exist. | | | | They know and talk to others about deer locations, |
| How To Shoot Deer | | | | sightings, behavior, etc. Luck has helped some over |
| 3. Be selective in what you shoot - do not shoot | | | | time but by and large the hunters who take the big |
| small bucks. Think about this - in most cases after | | | | ones year after year know things you do not. Or |
| you harvest your buck you are done for the season | | | | perhaps they are more persistent. |
| - so if your goal is to shoot a monster why do you | | | | |