| Deer Hunting 101: The Basic Strategy Guide to | | | | keep you out of a whitetail's natural line of sight. |
| Deer Hunting, is a list of rules that all hunters | | | | Obviously you can still be picked off, but you are |
| should know. First of all when entering the woods | | | | less likely to be noticed. The same goes for your |
| for a hunt, you must be scent free. As most | | | | scent. |
| people know, the whitetail deer has an excellent | | | | The last deer hunting 101 strategy is about |
| sense of smell, many times the strength of ours. | | | | choosing a hunting location. When scouting for a |
| It is important that you wash your camouflage | | | | stand location, targeting certain areas can increase |
| before each hunt with a special type of detergent. | | | | your success. Food sources are great areas to |
| There are many different products out on the | | | | deer hunt. Locations like hardwoods, food plots, |
| market such as 'scent away'. once you have | | | | and CRP fields are ideal locations. Also, hunting |
| washed your hunting clothes, they can be put in a | | | | heavily used trails are good places. Find trails |
| scent free bag. If you don't have a bag, simply | | | | leading to bedding areas and food sources. Fields |
| spread the clothes out on an overhanging branch. | | | | and cut-overs are great places to harvest mature |
| Another deer hunting 101 strategy is hunting from | | | | bucks. They are good during the evening and |
| an elevated position. Common sense will tell you | | | | during the rut when bucks are searching for does. |
| that the higher you are, the more land you can | | | | Fields with a little bit of undergrowth are good |
| see...and the more area you can see...the more | | | | because I think deer feel a but hidden and safe. I |
| likely you are to see game. Using a tree-stand will | | | | hope these basic deer hunting 101 tips help you |
| also decrease your chances of being seen or | | | | bag more trophy bucks. |
| smelled. By hunting from an elevated position will | | | | Good luck on your next hunting trip. |