| Deer hunting tips Welcome to deer hunting tips. This | | | | these tracks, slow down. Still-hunt in the direction the |
| site provides deer hunting tips and techniques for | | | | tracks are headed, paying attention to bedding sites. |
| beginners and the seasoned hunter. If you have any | | | | Use your binoculars and hunt slowly. |
| questions not covered in this deer hunting tips site | | | | Never directly follow tracks. A deer knows it is |
| feel free to email any questions to privacy policy | | | | leaving a trail, and it watches its backtrack. Follow 20 |
| If you are not the kind of guy or gal to sit in a tree | | | | yards to the downwind side of the tracks, keeping a |
| stand or blind waiting for a buck to come by, try still | | | | keen eye for what's ahead of you. |
| hunting. | | | | Cold-Weather Camo |
| Slow down and try to sound like a deer, a turkey or | | | | When you're confident you can in your blind, stand all |
| a squirrel as you move through the forest. Continued | | | | day, the next step is outsmarting a whitetail's senses. |
| movement and out of place sounds will get the | | | | During the late hunt, most leaves are gone, which |
| attention a whitetail in a heart beat. Native Americans | | | | means natural cover is gone. You must find a good |
| always hunted with the sun behind them, hunted | | | | camo pattern to compensate. |
| upwind or crosswind, and used shadows and natural | | | | If your area has lots of snow, try Realtree |
| cover to disappear while they searched for deer this | | | | Hardwoods Snow pattern, which is similar to the |
| is a good idea. | | | | popular Hardwoods pattern. The pattern blends well |
| Spy into cover at different angles with eyes and | | | | with snow-covered land, which almost always |
| binoculars for parts of a deer, not the whole deer. Be | | | | features dark areas of bark, or dirt. When hunting |
| very careful of your movements because a deer's | | | | Southern hardwoods and other areas with bare |
| eye sight is almost as good of a defense as its smell. | | | | trees, you might try Realtree Hardwoods HD. These |
| Be patient, stop where you can watch trails, and | | | | patterns are available in various cold-weather clothing. |
| dress comfortably for lots of movement. Your odds | | | | Scent carries a long way on cold winter days, so you |
| will be higher for taking a deer from a tree blind but | | | | must be as scent-free as possible during the late |
| it's a fun, exciting change | | | | season hunt. |
| Hunting deer after a fresh snow fall provides you | | | | When hunting pressure is high, you can find deer in |
| with the quietest of walking conditions. It also means | | | | areas other hunters do not usually go. |
| the best possible tracking conditions. | | | | Look for fence rows that parallel trees, high grass, or |
| Determine how fresh the tracks are and what | | | | brush. This is good spot for both bedding and travel, |
| direction they are moving. If a deer's tracks are in a | | | | especially if it has wood lots or foodand water |
| straight line, it is covering ground, not looking for a | | | | nearby. |
| bed. Meandering tracks means feeding animals, and | | | | Old abandoned, overgrown farms, are good places to |
| they are likely to bed down nearby. When you find | | | | find deer when they are pressured. |