Patriot
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This is just my 6th season and it amazes me how every year I look back at the prior year and think of how clueless I was! Just a few years ago i honestly thought guys in my area were lying when they said they found rubs, but in time I learned to read the timber and find sign too. I also used to avoid edges bc I figured the dead center of the timber gave me the best odds at a buck lol. I would literally avoid habitat and terrain edges. Wow.
Last years big strategy development was to not set up until I found smoking hot sign, and I got that from watching THP public land challenge and it scored me my best buck yet. This year I have a few strategy changes I’m incorporating, what are your new tactics your using this year?
1. Tactic; Be way more aggressive. Inspiration; Andre D’quisto podcast the other day on Wired to Hunt. You won’t bump him out of his core area so attack it. Maybe he’s wrong but I’m going with it like it’s gospel this year. Besides on public someone else might be more aggressive than me so what the heck am I thinking if I’m playing it safe?
2. Tactic; Grid Hunting. Inspiration; Infalt says this all the time. If I get eyes on a buck I will stay on him and go from block to block of where I think he is until I’ve covered everything.
3. Tactic; Hunt more mornings. Inspiration; Cody D’quisto on Wired to Hunt podcast. Dude loves mornings in Oct. I rarely do this but this year I will.
4. Tactic; Magic Grunt call pictured below. Inspiration; @Kurt in a recent gear post said this is his hunting binky so it’s got to work for me too right?!
5. Tactic; kind of a combo of two tactics and this is what I am most fired up about applying this year... first sit best sit and hunting smoking hot sign. Inspiration - Probably THP. What I mean with this tactic is I believe first sit is best sit but I also have a new level of confidence that I can find fresh sign. So I’ll combine the two this year. I have a ton of properties listed that I’ve never hunted before and I’m going to attack them like I’m on my own THP Public Land challenge. Ill analyze the maps, enter brand new timber and scout my tail off and trust myself that I will find the best location. With the hottest sign in that timber. And I’ll keep doing it and doing it At new places every time. If I have a good encounter I will hunt him down Infalt grid style.
Cant wait!! What tactics are you guys adding to your arsenal this year?
Last years big strategy development was to not set up until I found smoking hot sign, and I got that from watching THP public land challenge and it scored me my best buck yet. This year I have a few strategy changes I’m incorporating, what are your new tactics your using this year?
1. Tactic; Be way more aggressive. Inspiration; Andre D’quisto podcast the other day on Wired to Hunt. You won’t bump him out of his core area so attack it. Maybe he’s wrong but I’m going with it like it’s gospel this year. Besides on public someone else might be more aggressive than me so what the heck am I thinking if I’m playing it safe?
2. Tactic; Grid Hunting. Inspiration; Infalt says this all the time. If I get eyes on a buck I will stay on him and go from block to block of where I think he is until I’ve covered everything.
3. Tactic; Hunt more mornings. Inspiration; Cody D’quisto on Wired to Hunt podcast. Dude loves mornings in Oct. I rarely do this but this year I will.
4. Tactic; Magic Grunt call pictured below. Inspiration; @Kurt in a recent gear post said this is his hunting binky so it’s got to work for me too right?!
5. Tactic; kind of a combo of two tactics and this is what I am most fired up about applying this year... first sit best sit and hunting smoking hot sign. Inspiration - Probably THP. What I mean with this tactic is I believe first sit is best sit but I also have a new level of confidence that I can find fresh sign. So I’ll combine the two this year. I have a ton of properties listed that I’ve never hunted before and I’m going to attack them like I’m on my own THP Public Land challenge. Ill analyze the maps, enter brand new timber and scout my tail off and trust myself that I will find the best location. With the hottest sign in that timber. And I’ll keep doing it and doing it At new places every time. If I have a good encounter I will hunt him down Infalt grid style.
Cant wait!! What tactics are you guys adding to your arsenal this year?
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